South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 580


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Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      580
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990309
Primary Sponsor:                  McConnell
All Sponsors:                     McConnell and Passailaigue
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\gfm\015acci.whb.doc
Companion Bill Number:            3906
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Fish, Game and Forestry Committee 07 SFGF
Subject:                          Water vessels, accident reports filed 
                                  with Natural Resources Department available 
                                  upon written request; Watercraft


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990309  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ACCIDENT REPORTS FOR VESSELS FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM ANY PERSON SO LONG AS THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN IS NOT TO BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL SOLICITATION PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 50-21-130(4) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(4) Any such report shall be without prejudice, shall be for the information of the department and shall not be open to public inspection. Provided, however, the report shall be made available upon written request to any person injured or damaged in the accident, or to his attorney. With respect to the report provided for in this section, no employee of the department shall allow any person to examine or obtain a copy of any report when the employee knows or should reasonably know that the request for access to the report is for commercial solicitation purposes. No person shall request the department to permit examination or to furnish a copy of any such report for commercial solicitation purposes. All persons, except law enforcement personnel, department personnel, and persons named in the report, shall be required to submit a separate written request to the department for each report. A written request under this section must state the requestor's name, address, and the intended use of the report in sufficient detail that the department may ascertain that the intended use is not for commercial solicitation purposes. A person who knowingly makes any false statement in any written request under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for more than thirty days. The fact that such report has been made shall be admissible in evidence solely to show compliance with this section but no such report nor any part thereof nor any statement contained therein shall be admissible as evidence for any purpose in any civil trial."

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

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