S*0596 (Rat #0084, Act #0068 of 2005) General Bill, By Sheheen
Summary: Uniform traffic tickets
    AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-7-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE USE OF THE UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKET BY ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO AUTOMATE THE ISSUANCE OF A UNIFORM TICKET IF APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND PROVIDE THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MAY UTILIZE COMPUTERS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO ISSUE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND STORE INFORMATION RESULTING FROM THE ISSUANCE OF A TRAFFIC CITATION IF THIS METHOD OF ISSUING A CITATION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO AMEND SECTION 56-7-20, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF COPIES AND COLORS OF THE COPIES CONTAINED IN A TRAFFIC TICKET AND THE PURPOSE OF THE COPIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT EACH PRINTED COPY MUST BE LABELED WITH ITS PURPOSE, TO PROVIDE THAT A HANDWRITTEN TRAFFIC TICKET MUST CONSIST OF FOUR COPIES, TO REVISE THE PURPOSE OF EACH COPY OF A TRAFFIC TICKET, TO ELIMINATE THE PINK COPY OF THE TICKET, AND TO PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF COPIES AND PURPOSE OF EACH COPY OF A TICKET GENERATED BY ELECTRONIC MEANS; TO AMEND SECTION 56-7-30, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE PRINTING, ORDERING, AND PURCHASING OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKETS, AND THE FILING OF THE VARIOUS COPIES OF THE TICKET WITH THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES AND TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT ISSUES UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKETS IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT MUST DISTRIBUTE COPIES OF THE TICKET TO VARIOUS ENTITIES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6310, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE PROVISIONS THAT REGULATE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, SO AS TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE. - ratified title
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03/08/05	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-7
03/08/05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-7
04/19/05	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation SJ-11
04/20/05	Senate	Amended SJ-42
04/20/05	Senate	Read second time SJ-42
04/21/05	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-12
04/21/05		Scrivener's error corrected
04/26/05	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-13
04/26/05	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-13
05/11/05	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-4
05/12/05	House	Amended HJ-17
05/12/05	House	Read second time HJ-17
05/12/05	House	Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day HJ-18
05/13/05	House	Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-6
05/17/05	Senate	Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-26
05/18/05		Ratified R 84
05/23/05		Signed By Governor
05/25/05		Copies available
05/25/05		Effective date 05/23/05
05/27/05		Act No. 68