S*125 Session 108 (1989-1990)
S*0125(Rat #0343, Act #0324 of 1990) General Bill, By Saleeby, McConnell and
T.H. Pope
A Bill to amend Act 148 of 1989, relating to the Automobile Insurance Reform
Act of 1989, so as to provide that the two hundred dollar reinstatement fee
must not be assessed against any person who is not required by reason of
illness or military service to pay the five dollar a day fine for each day of
driving while uninsured.-amended title
01/12/89 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-68
01/12/89 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-68
02/14/89 Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-28
02/15/89 Senate Read second time SJ-19
02/22/89 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-13
02/23/89 House Introduced and read first time HJ-9
02/23/89 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
Industry HJ-9
01/24/90 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor,
Commerce and Industry HJ-4
01/25/90 House Amended HJ-36
01/25/90 House Read second time HJ-37
01/30/90 House Read third time and returned to Senate with
amendments HJ-26
01/31/90 Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-4
02/15/90 Ratified R 343
02/21/90 Signed By Governor
02/21/90 Effective date 02/21/90
02/21/90 Act No. 324
02/27/90 Copies available
(A324, R343, S125)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 148 OF 1989, RELATING TO THE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
REFORM ACT OF 1989, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR
REINSTATEMENT FEE MUST NOT BE ASSESSED AGAINST ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT
REQUIRED BY REASON OF ILLNESS OR MILITARY SERVICE TO PAY THE FIVE
DOLLAR A DAY FINE FOR EACH DAY OF DRIVING WHILE UNINSURED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Reinstatement fee
SECTION 1. Section 36 of Act 148 of 1989 is amended to read:
"Section 36. Whenever a person furnishes proof of
liability insurance, or surrenders or has his registration or license
tags confiscated for failure to produce proof of insurance, after the
Department of Highways and Public Transportation receives notice of
the lapse or termination of the required liability insurance, the
department shall compare the effective date of the lapse or
termination with the date of the proof of insurance or the date of the
confiscation or surrender. If the department determines there was a
lapse in the required coverage the department shall assess, in
addition to other fines or penalties imposed by the law, a per diem
fine in the amount of five dollars. The department shall collect and
keep this fine to defer the costs of the financial responsibility
program. The fine provided for in this section and the two hundred
dollar reinstatement fee pursuant to Section 56-10-240 of the 1976
Code must not be assessed if the person furnishes proof, as documented
by his sworn statement, that the motor vehicle upon which the coverage
has lapsed or been terminated has not been operated upon the roads,
streets, or highways of this State during the lapse or termination,
and the lapse or termination is due to military service or illness as
documented by a signed physician's statement. The total amount of the
fine provided for in this section may not exceed two hundred dollars
for a first offense."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 21st day of February, 1990.
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