Current Status Bill Number:4989 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960501 Primary Sponsor:Fleming All Sponsors:Fleming, Delleney, Klauber, Cave and Harrison Drafted Document Number:jic\5958ac.96 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Driver license suspension, out-of-state conviction
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House 19960501 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
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TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-280, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MANDATORY SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF DRIVERS' LICENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NOTICE OF AN OUT-OF-STATE CONVICTION REQUIRING A PERSON'S SOUTH CAROLINA DRIVER'S LICENSE TO BE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE DATE OF THE CONVICTION, AND TO MAKE THE ABOVE PROVISIONS RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 1, 1996.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-280 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 1305 of Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-1-280. (A) The Department of Public Safety shall forthwith revoke or suspend the license of any a driver upon receiving a record of such the driver's conviction of any an offense for which revocation or suspension is required by law.
(B) The Department of Public Safety shall forthwith revoke the driver's license of any a person upon receiving notice of the conviction of such the person for:
(1) Manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle; or
(2) Any A felony under the laws of this State in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used.
(C) The Department of Public Safety also shall also revoke or suspend a driver's license for any other cause as may be required by other laws of this State.
(D) An out-of-state conviction which under the laws of this State requires the driver's license of a person to be revoked or suspended must be reported to and received by the Department of Public Safety within two years of the date of the conviction, and the driver's license of this person must not be revoked or suspended if notice of the out-of-state conviction is received by the department more than two years after the date of conviction."
SECTION 2. The amendments to Section 56-1-280 of the 1976 Code, as contained in Section 1 of this bill, are retroactive to January 1, 1996.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.