Current Status Bill Number:3043 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970114 Primary Sponsor:Cromer All Sponsors:Cromer, Stille, Cotty, Seithel and Lloyd Drafted Document Number:DKA\3890CM.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR Subject:Motor vehicles, pickup trucks or trailers, minor not to stand or sit in open bed of
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19970116 Referred to Committee 20 HANR House 19970116 Recalled from Committee 21 HEPW House 19970114 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee House 19961211 Prefiled, referred to Committee 21 HEPWView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-3910 SO AS TO PROHIBIT PERSONS UNDER FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE FROM STANDING OR SITTING IN THE OPEN BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK OR TRAILER UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-5-3910. (A) It is unlawful for a person under fifteen years of age to stand or sit in the open bed of a pickup truck or trailer while it is traveling in excess of twenty-five miles an hour on a public road or highway.
(B) Subsection (A) does not apply when the vehicle is being:
(1) used for hunting;
(2) operated in an agricultural enterprise; or
(3) operated in an organized hay ride or parade.
(C) The operator of a motor vehicle who permits a person under fifteen years of age to ride in the open bed of a pickup truck or trailer in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.