Current Status Bill Number:20 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Giese All Sponsors:Giese Drafted Document Number:DKA\3461CM.95 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Transportation Committee 15 ST Subject:Drivers license suspension for DUI, pretrial intervention
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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Senate 19950110 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST
referred to Committee
Senate 19940919 Prefiled, referred to Committee 15 ST
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TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-746, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN DRIVER'S LICENSE AND ALCOHOL-RELATED OFFENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE LICENSE OF A PERSON ACCEPTED INTO A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM ON BEING CHARGED WITH ONE OF THESE OFFENSES MAY BE SUSPENDED AS IF THE PERSON WAS CONVICTED AND TO REQUIRE THE CIRCUIT SOLICITOR TO REPORT THE PERSON'S ACCEPTANCE INTO THE PROGRAM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-746 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended by adding:
"(E) If a person charged with an offense enumerated in subsection (A) of this section is accepted into a pretrial intervention program on the charge, his driver's license may be suspended as provided in this section in the same manner as if he was convicted of the offense. The circuit solicitor shall report to the department the acceptance into a pretrial intervention program of a person charged with one of the enumerated offenses."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.