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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3565 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010215 Primary Sponsor:Ott All Sponsors:Ott Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11157ac01.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Date of Last Amendment:20010419 Subject:Motor vehicle safety belts, newspaper carriers not required to use History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20010425 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee House 20010424 Read third time, sent to Senate House 20010419 Amended, read second time House 20010419 Request for debate by Representative Simrill Rice House 20010417 Committee report: Favorable with 21 HEPW amendment House 20010215 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on April 17, 2001 - Word format Revised on April 19, 2001 - Word format
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April 19, 2001
H. 3565
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Read the first time February 15, 2001.
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6530, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS TO THE MANDATORY USE OF SAFETY BELTS IN MOTOR VEHICLES, SO AS TO INCLUDE NEWSPAPER CARRIERS AMONG THOSE NOT REQUIRED TO USE SAFETY BELTS.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-6530 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-5-6530. The provisions of this article do not apply to:
(1) a driver or occupant who possesses a written verification from a physician that he is unable to wear a safety belt for physical or medical reasons;
(2) medical or rescue personnel attending to injured or sick individuals in an emergency vehicle when operating in an emergency situation as well as the injured or sick individuals;
(3) school, church, or day care daycare buses;
(4) public transportation vehicles except taxis;
(5) occupants of vehicles in parades;
(6) United States mail carriers;
(7) an occupant for which no safety belt is available because all belts are being used by other occupants;
(8) a driver or occupant frequently stopping or leaving a motor vehicle for pick up or delivery purposes;
(9) occupants of the back seat of a motor vehicle unless the vehicle is equipped with a shoulder harness in addition to the lap belt;
(10) children under six years of age who must be properly restrained as provided by Article 47, Chapter 5 of Title 56.;
(11) newspaper carriers while actually engaged in the delivery of newspapers along the carrier's specified newspaper delivery route."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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