H 4797  General Bill, By Wooten, Gilliam, Trantham and Thigpen
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-750, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF FAILURE TO STOP A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN SIGNALED BY A
 LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR THE OFFENSE WHERE NO
 GREAT BODILY INJURY OR DEATH RESULTED FROM THE VIOLATION.
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   12/11/19  House  Prefiled
   12/11/19  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   01/14/20  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 109)
   01/14/20  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
                     (House Journal-page 109)
   01/16/20  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Trantham
   01/30/20  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thigpen

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-750, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF FAILURE TO STOP A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN SIGNALED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR THE OFFENSE WHERE NO GREAT BODILY INJURY OR DEATH RESULTED FROM THE VIOLATION.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-750(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(B)        A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A):,

        (1)    for a first offense where no great bodily injury or death resulted from the violation, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than ninety days nor more than three years. The Department of Motor Vehicles must suspend the person's driver's license for at least thirty days; or

        (2)    for a second or subsequent offense where no great bodily injury or death resulted from the violation, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than five years. The person's driver's license must be suspended by the department for a period of one year from the date of the conviction."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.