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Bill 4563

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4563
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20000208
Primary Sponsor:                  Lourie
All Sponsors:                     Lourie, Martin and J. Smith
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22441cm00.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Transportation Committee 15 ST
Date of Last Amendment:           20000517
Subject:                          Motor vehicle traffic violations, 
                                  speeding; four-point, six-point violations; 
                                  Transportation, Drivers license suspension


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20000523  Introduced, read first time,           15 ST
                  referred to Committee
House   20000518  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20000517  Amended, read second time
House   20000419  Committee report: majority             25 HJ
                  favorable, with amendment,
                  minority unfavorable
House   20000208  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 19, 2000 - Word format
Revised on May 17, 2000 - Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

AMENDED

May 17, 2000

H. 4563

S. Printed 5/17/00--H.

Read the first time February 8, 2000.

TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-720, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POINT SYSTEM FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE OPERATING RECORD OF A PERSON TO WHOM A DRIVER'S LICENSE HAS BEEN ISSUED AND FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE CONTINUED QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PERSON TO DRIVE, SO AS TO REVISE THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ASSOCIATED WITH A FOUR-POINT VIOLATION FOR SPEEDING AND THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ASSOCIATED WITH A SIX-POINT VIOLATION FOR SPEEDING; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1520, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ALTERATION OF SPEED LIMITS BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR PERSONS WHO VIOLATE THE SPEED LIMIT WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN SIX WHEELS AND VEHICLES WITH SIX WHEELS OR MORE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO OPERATES A VEHICLE IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR ABOVE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT SHALL LOSE HIS PRIVILEGE TO DRIVE FOR SIX MONTHS.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-5-1520(G), (H), and (I) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 17 of 1999, is further amended to read:

"(G) A person violating the speed limits established by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for a first offense, must be fined or imprisoned as follows:

(1) in excess of the above-posted limit but not in excess of ten miles an hour by a fine of not less than fifteen dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars;

(2) in excess of ten miles an hour but less than fifteen miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars;

(3) in excess of fifteen miles an hour but less than twenty-five miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than seventy-five dollars; and

(4) in excess of twenty-five miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than seventy-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.

(H) A person violating the speed limits established in zones where the posted maximum speed limit is at least fifty-five miles an hour while driving a commercial motor vehicle which requires the driver to possess a commercial driver's license is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction for a first offense, must be fined as follows:

(1) in excess of the posted limit but not in excess of ten miles an hour by a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than thirty-five dollars;

(2) in excess of ten miles an hour but less than fifteen miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than thirty-five dollars nor more than seventy-five dollars;

(3) in excess of fifteen miles an hour but less than twenty miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than seventy-five dollars nor more than one hundred twenty-five dollars; and

(4) in excess of twenty miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than one hundred twenty-five dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, and lose his privilege to drive for six months.

(I) A citation for violating the speed limits issued by any authorized officer must note on it the rate of speed for which the citation is issued.

(I)(J) In expending the funds credited to the state general fund from fines generated under subsection (G), the department first shall consider the need for additional highway patrolmen."

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

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