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Bill 1014

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1014
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000111
Primary Sponsor:                  Leventis
All Sponsors:                     Leventis
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5019cm00.doc
Companion Bill Number:            4591
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Transportation Committee 15 ST
Subject:                          Motor vehicles, drivers licenses, 
                                  commercial; military personnel may operate 
                                  certain vehicles without; Veterans'


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20000207  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20000111  Introduced, read first time,           15 ST
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on February 7, 2000 - Word format

TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-2070, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST AND EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE DRIVING OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO REVISE THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH CERTAIN MILITARY PERSONNEL MAY OPERATE A GOVERNMENT-OWNED MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN MILITARY PERSONNEL MAY OPERATE A STATE-OWNED MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-1-2070(C)(1) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 258 of 1998, is amended to read:

"(1) active duty military personnel; and reservists and National Guard members who are on active duty members of the military reserve; members of the South Carolina National Guard who are on active duty, including personnel on full-time South Carolina National Guard duty; personnel on part-time South Carolina National Guard training and South Carolina National Guard Military technicians required to wear uniforms; and active duty military United States Coast Guard personnel while operating vehicles owned or operated by the United States government, unless they are required by the owner of the vehicle to have a valid state driver's license; or this State for military purposes. This exception does not apply to technicians in the United States Reserves."

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

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