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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.915 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20000111 Primary Sponsor:Ford All Sponsors:Ford, Washington, Reese, Glover Drafted Document Number:l:\s-jud\bills\ford\jud0067.rf.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Public Safety officer, commissioned and uniformed; not to discriminate in motor vehicle traffic stops; Discrimination History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20000121 Co-Sponsor added by Senator Glover Senate 20000111 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Senate 19990921 Prefiled, referred to Committee 11 SJ Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 23-6-145, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TRAFFIC STOPS BY COMMISSIONED AND UNIFORMED OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SO AS TO PROHIBIT OFFICERS FROM USING RACE AS A FACTOR IN THEIR DECISION TO STOP A VEHICLE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 23-6-145 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 23-6-145. A commissioned and uniformed officer of the department may, upon reasonable belief that any vehicle is being operated in violation of any provision of statutory law, require the driver thereof to stop and exhibit the registration card issued for the vehicle, the individual's driver's license, and submit to an inspection of such the vehicle and license plates plate. The officer's belief of the violation must be based on specific, articulable facts. The officer may not use a person's race or ethnicity to formulate this belief."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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