South Carolina General Assembly
109th Session, 1991-1992

Bill 4581


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    4581
Primary Sponsor:                Ross
Committee Number:               25
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        General sessions court, traffic
                                division
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Judiciary
Computer Document Number:       CYY/18968.SD
Introduced Date:                Mar 19, 1992
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              Mar 19, 1992
Last History Type:              Introduced, read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Ross
Type of Legislation:            General Bill



History


 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
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 4581  House   Mar 19, 1992  Introduced, read first time,    25
                             referred to Committee

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 14-5-460 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IN EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THIS STATE A DIVISION OF THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS TO BE KNOWN AS THE "TRAFFIC DIVISION" IS ESTABLISHED, TO PROVIDE FOR THE OFFENSES WHICH ARE TRIABLE IN THE TRAFFIC DIVISION, TO PROVIDE THAT THESE OFFENSES MUST BE TRIED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE OFFENSE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES FOR THIS DIVISION AND FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH JURORS MUST BE SUMMONED AND DRAWN.

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 14-5-460. (A) In each circuit court of this State, a division of the court of general sessions to be known as the `traffic division' is established. The clerk of court of each county shall assign to the traffic division all cases involving an unlawful operation of a motor vehicle and all violations of the traffic laws of this State over which the circuit court has jurisdiction, except that the offenses of murder, reckless homicide, manslaughter arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle, and the offense of felony DUI are triable in the court of general sessions and not in the traffic division.

(B) The case of any person charged with an offense which is under the jurisdiction of the traffic division must be tried or otherwise disposed of within thirty days of the offense.

(C) The chief administrative judge of each circuit, under the supervision of the chief justice, shall assign circuit judges to sit in the traffic division. Notwithstanding the prohibitions contained in Sections 14-1-215 and 14-1-216, active and retired family court judges may be assigned to preside over proceedings of the traffic division.

(D) Jurors for the traffic division must be summoned and drawn in the same manner and from the same venire that jurors for the court of general sessions are summoned and drawn."

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

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