South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 709


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      709
Ratification Number:              219
Act Number:                       223
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990408
Primary Sponsor:                  Judiciary Committee SJ 11
All Sponsors:                     Judiciary Committee
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-jud\bills\\jud0053.11.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20000119
Date of Last Amendment:           19990506
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        20000225
Subject:                          Gasoline, unlawful to dispense without 
                                  payment, motor vehicle drivers license 
                                  suspension; Fuel, Businesses


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20000331  Act No. A223
------  20000225  Signed by Governor
------  20000223  Ratified R219
House   20000119  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
House   20000118  Read second time
House   20000113  Debate adjourned until
                  Tuesday, 20000118
House   19990603  Request for debate withdrawn
                  by Representative                              Whatley
House   19990602  Request for debate withdrawn
                  by Representative                              Cotty
                                                                 Davenport
House   19990601  Request for debate withdrawn
                  by Representative                              Fleming
House   19990601  Request for debate by Representative           F. Smith
                                                                 Whatley
                                                                 Howard
                                                                 J.H. Neal
                                                                 Lloyd
                                                                 Scott
                                                                 Cotty
                                                                 Rutherford
                                                                 Moody-
                                                                 Lawrence
                                                                 Breeland
                                                                 Davenport
House   19990527  Request for debate by Representative           Fleming
House   19990526  Committee report: Favorable            25 HJ
House   19990512  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19990511  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19990506  Amended, read second time, 
                  ordered to third reading 
                  with notice of general amendments
Senate  19990408  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference


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(A223, R219, S709)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-13-185 SO AS TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO INTENTIONALLY LEAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT WITHOUT MAKING PAYMENT FOR GASOLINE THAT IS DISPENSED INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES; AND BY ADDING SECTION 56-1-292 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 16-13-185.

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

Paying for gasoline required

SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 16-13-185. (A) No person shall drive a motor vehicle so as to cause it to leave the premises of an establishment at which gasoline offered for retail sale was dispensed into the fuel tank of the motor vehicle unless due payment or authorized charge for the gasoline so dispensed has been made.

(B) A person who intentionally violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, and, at the discretion of the sentencing judge, the person's driver's license may be suspended for a period not to exceed thirty days for a first offense and for a period not to exceed ninety days for a second or subsequent offense."

Grounds for suspension of driver's license

SECTION 2. Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-1-292. In addition to the grounds for suspension or revocation of a driver's license provided in this article and in Chapter 5 of this title, the department shall suspend the driver's license of a person upon receiving satisfactory evidence that the person has been convicted of a violation of Section 16-13-185 and that the sentencing judge has imposed a sentence which includes a suspension of the person's driver's license."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 23rd day of February, 2000.

Approved the 25th day of February, 2000.

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