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H 3345 General Bill, By Jennings, T.E. Huff and L.M. Martin
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 56-1-285 so as to provide that the Department of Highways and Public Transportation shall suspend for ninety days the driver's license of any person under the age of twenty-one who is determined to have a blood alcohol content of four one-hundredths of one percent or above when operating a motor vehicle, to provide the procedures to be followed for this suspension and that it is in addition to any other penalties imposed by law; to amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 56-1-286 so as to provide that the Department shall suspend for ninety days the driver's license of any person twenty-one of age or older who is determined to have a blood alcohol content of fifteen one-hundredths of one percent or above when operating a motor vehicle, to provide the procedures to be followed for this suspension and that it is in addition to any other penalties imposed by law; and to amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 56-5-2951 so as to provide that a person arrested for certain violations of law regarding the consumption of alcohol while driving a motor vehicle must have his conduct videotaped at the location he is taken for purposes of administering a chemical test of his breath, to provide the procedures which must be followed for this videotaping and for the fee to be assessed in these cases.
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A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 56-1-285 so as to provide that the Department of Highways and Public Transportation shall suspend for ninety days the driver's license of any person under the age of twenty-one who is determined to have a blood alcohol content of four one-hundredths of one percent or above when operating a motor vehicle, to provide the procedures to be followed for this suspension and that it is in addition to any other penalties imposed by law; to amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 56-1-286 so as to provide that the Department shall suspend for ninety days the driver's license of any person twenty-one of age or older who is determined to have a blood alcohol content of fifteen one-hundredths of one percent or above when operating a motor vehicle, to provide the procedures to be followed for this suspension and that it is in addition to any other penalties imposed by law; and to amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 56-5-2951 so as to provide that a person arrested for certain violations of law regarding the consumption of alcohol while driving a motor vehicle must have his conduct videotaped at the location he is taken for purposes of administering a chemical test of his breath, to provide the procedures which must be followed for this videotaping and for the fee to be assessed in these cases.
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| 02/02/93 | House | Introduced and read first time HJ-14 |
| 02/02/93 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-14 |
| 04/27/93 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-9 |
| 05/06/93 | House | Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 18, 1993 HJ-65 |
| 05/18/93 | House | Debate interrupted HJ-38 |
| 05/19/93 | House | Debate adjourned until Thursday, May 20, 1993 HJ-34 |
| 05/20/93 | House | Committed to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-18 |
| 04/26/94 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means HJ-3 |
| 05/17/94 | House | Objection by Rep. Whipper, G.Brown, Inabinett, Williams, Breeland, HJ-410 |
| 05/17/94 | House | Objection by Rep. Holt & Felder HJ-410 |
| 05/18/94 | House | Objection withdrawn by Rep. G. Brown HJ-34 |