H 4697 General Bill, By Walker and Whipper
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-510, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL USE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
 CARD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISPLAY OR POSSESS A COUNTERFEIT
 DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD; AND TO AMEND SECTION
 56-1-515, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL ALTERATION AND USE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE
 AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO
 PRODUCE OR POSSESS A COUNTERFEIT DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD.

   02/14/08  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-4
   02/14/08  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-4
   04/17/08  House  Committee report: Favorable Education and Public
                     Works HJ-22
   04/22/08  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper
   04/23/08  House  Requests for debate-Rep(s). Rutherford, Sellers,
                     GM Smith, Ott, Hart, Knight, Walker, Crawford,
                     Jefferson, Weeks, Brantley, Leach, Limehouse,
                     Scarborough, Stavrinakis, Allen, and Mitchell HJ-97
   04/29/08  House  Amended HJ-57
   04/29/08  House  Read second time HJ-58
   04/29/08  House  Roll call Yeas-104  Nays-0 HJ-58
   04/30/08  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-45
   04/30/08         Scrivener's error corrected
   05/01/08  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-8
   05/01/08  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-8
   05/06/08  Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hawkins (ch), Sheheen,
                     Lourie, Vaughn

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

AMENDED

April 29, 2008

H. 4697

S. Printed 4/29/08--H.    [SEC 4/30/08 3:17 PM]

Read the first time February 14, 2008.

TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-510, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL USE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISPLAY OR POSSESS A COUNTERFEIT DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-515, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL ALTERATION AND USE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO PRODUCE OR POSSESS A COUNTERFEIT DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-1-510(1) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(1)    to display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his possession any canceled, revoked, suspended, counterfeit, or fraudulently altered driver's license or personal identification card;"

SECTION    2.    Section 56-1-515 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-1-515.    (1)(A)    It is unlawful for any a person to alter a motor vehicle driver's license so as to provide false information on the license or to sell or issue a fictitious driver's license.

(2)(B)    It is unlawful for any a person to use a motor vehicle driver's license not issued to the person, an altered motor vehicle driver's license, an identification card containing false information, or an identification card not issued to the person to defraud another or violate the law.

(C)    It is unlawful for a person to produce a counterfeit motor vehicle driver's license or identification card, or for a person to have in his possession a counterfeit driver's license or identification card.

(3)(D)    Any A person violating the provisions of subsection (1)(A) or subsection (C) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.

(4)(E)    Any A person violating the provisions of subsection (2)(B) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.