S 0224 General Bill, By Leatherman and Wilson
    A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 56-1-45 so as to prohibit issuing of drivers' licenses to residents under seventeen years of age who are not high school graduates or do not have a G.E.D. Certificate or who do not provide documentation that they are properly enrolled in school and in compliance with attendance requirements, to require the attendance supervisor or his designee to provide enrollment status documentation to persons at least fifteen years of age on a form prescribed by the State Department of Education in consultation with the Department of Highways and Public Transportation, to require attendance supervisors to notify the Department of Highways and Public Transportation of persons who withdraw from school and require the Department to suspend the license of such persons upon ten days written notice, to provide the method for a person whose license is suspended to have the license reinstated, to define withdrawal from school, to provide for a personal or family hardship waiver, and to provide that an SR-22 does not have to be filed following reinstatement of a driver's license suspended pursuant to this Section.
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01/19/93	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-10
01/19/93	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education SJ-11
03/30/93	Senate	Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Education SJ-38