S 8 Session 110 (1993-1994)
S 0008 General Bill, By Martin and M.T. Rose
A Bill to amend Sections 56-1-40 and 56-1-180, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
1976, relating to the issuance of drivers' licenses and special restricted
licenses, so as to increase the age when a person may obtain a license from
sixteen years to seventeen years or obtain a special restricted license from
fifteen years to sixteen years.
01/12/93 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-29
01/12/93 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-29
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-40 AND 56-1-180, CODE OF LAWS
OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF
DRIVERS' LICENSES AND SPECIAL RESTRICTED LICENSES, SO
AS TO INCREASE THE AGE WHEN A PERSON MAY OBTAIN A
LICENSE FROM SIXTEEN YEARS TO SEVENTEEN YEARS OR
OBTAIN A SPECIAL RESTRICTED LICENSE FROM FIFTEEN
YEARS TO SIXTEEN YEARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-1-40. The department shall may
not issue any a motor vehicle driver's license under this
article to:
(1) Any a person who is under
sixteen seventeen years of age, except that the
department may issue a beginner's or instruction permit as provided in
Sections 56-1-50 and 56-1-60 to any a person who is at
least fifteen years of age and except that the department may issue a
special restricted driver's license to any a person who is
at least fifteen sixteen years old and less than
sixteen seventeen years as provided in Section
56-1-180;
(2) Any a person whose license has been
suspended during such suspension or any person whose license has
been is revoked or suspended or is subject to being
revoked or suspended, except as otherwise provided for in this
article;
(3) Any a person who is an habitual drunkard, an
habitual user of narcotic drugs, or an habitual user of any other
drug to a degree which renders him incapable of safely driving a motor
vehicle;
(4) Any a person who has previously
has been adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering from
any a mental disability or mental disease and who has
not at the time of application been restored to competency by methods
provided by law;
(5) Any a person who is required by this article to
take an examination, unless such the person shall
have successfully has passed such the
examination;
(6) Any a person who is required under the laws of
this State to deposit furnish proof of financial
responsibility and who has not deposited such furnished
the proof; or
(7) Any any other person who may
must not be issued a license as otherwise provided by the laws
of this State."
SECTION 2. Section 56-1-180 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-1-180. The department may issue a special
restricted driver's license to a person who is at least fifteen
sixteen years old and less than sixteen
seventeen years old, who first has acquired a beginner's permit
or an instruction permit and who has successfully passed the road tests
or other requirements as the department may in its discretion prescribe.
The special restricted driver's license is valid only under the following
conditions:
(1) in the operation of all type vehicles, except that between the
hours of six o'clock p.m. and six o'clock a.m. the holder of the special
restricted driver's license must be accompanied by a licensed adult,
twenty-one years of age or more, or accompanied by the holder's parent
or guardian. However, beginning on the day that daylight saving time
goes into effect through the day that daylight saving time ends, the
holder of the license does not need to be accompanied before eight
o'clock p.m.;
(2) in the operation of farm machinery and equipment, other than a
passenger car, while engaged in agricultural pursuits; and
(3) in the operation of a motor scooter or light motor-driven cycle
of five-brake horsepower or less."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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