South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 4367

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4367
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20000111
Primary Sponsor:                  Davenport
All Sponsors:                     Davenport, Loftis
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22445cm00.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Commercial motor vehicle driving, lane 
                                  restrictions point assessment limited to I85 
                                  and legislature approval, Highways


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20000126  Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.            Loftis
House   20000111  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee
House   19991229  Prefiled, referred to Committee        21 HEPW


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-2156, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE NONASSESSMENT OF POINTS AGAINST THE DRIVING RECORD OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH LANE RESTRICTIONS POSTED ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, SO AS TO SUBSTITUTE THE TERM "DRIVER" FOR THE TERM "DRIVING", TO LIMIT THE APPLICATION OF THIS PROVISION TO INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 85, AND TO PROVIDE THAT POINTS MUST NOT BE ASSESSED PURSUANT TO THIS PROVISION WITHOUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S APPROVAL.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-1-2156 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 17 of 1999, is amended to read:

"Section 56-1-2156. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a commercial motor vehicle driver may must not be assessed points against his driving driver record for failing to comply with lane restrictions posted on the interstate highway system Interstate Highway 85 by the Department of Transportation without the General Assembly's approval. For purposes of this section, a driver record means a commercial driver's license issued pursuant to Article 13, Chapter 1 of Title 56 and a driver's license issued pursuant to Section 56-1-130 for which points are assessed in Section 56-1-720."

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

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