S 154 Session 110 (1993-1994)
S 0154 General Bill, By M.T. Rose
A Bill to amend Sections 56-1-40 and 56-1-180, as amended, 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-67
01/12/93 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-67
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-40 AND 56-1-180, AS AMENDED,
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, as last amended
by Act 490 of 1992, is further 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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