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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3660 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010306 Primary Sponsor:White All Sponsors:White, Haskins, Rice, Rivers, Stuart, Taylor, Trotter and Wilder Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\ggs\22858cm01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Motor vehicle drivers' license, alcohol- restricted, special restricted; fee increase; Transportation, Traffic violations History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010306 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2951, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF A PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE, PERMIT, OR NONRESIDENT OPERATING PRIVILEGE, OR THE DENIAL OF THE ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE OR PERMIT TO A PERSON WHO DRIVES A MOTOR VEHICLE AND REFUSES TO SUBMIT TO A TEST TO DETERMINE HIS ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION, OR WHO HAS A CERTAIN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION, SO AS TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR A TEMPORARY ALCOHOL RESTRICTED LICENSE, TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO USE THE FEE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY ALCOHOL DRIVER'S LICENSES, TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR A SPECIAL RESTRICTED DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FEE COLLECTED FOR A SPECIAL RESTRICTED DRIVER'S LICENSE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-2951(D)(1) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 390 of 2000, is further amended to read:
"(1) obtain a temporary alcohol restricted license by filing with the department a form after enrolling in an Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Program. A thirty- one hundred dollar fee must be assessed for obtaining a temporary alcohol restricted license. Twenty-five dollars of the fee must be retained by the department for supplying and maintaining all necessary vehicle videotaping equipment. The remaining five seventy-five dollars must be retained by the department for administrative costs associated with the issuance of the temporary alcohol restricted licenses. The temporary alcohol restricted license allows the person to drive without any restrictive conditions pending the outcome of the administrative hearing provided for in subsection (H) or the final decision or disposition of the matter. If the suspension is upheld at the administrative hearing, the temporary alcohol restricted license shall remain in effect until the department issues the hearing officer's decision and sends notice to the person that he is eligible to receive a special restricted license pursuant to subsection (J); and"
SECTION 2. Section 56-5-2951(J)(3) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 434 of 1998, is amended to read:
"(3) The fee for each special restricted driver's license, including a reissue caused by changes in the place and hours of employment, education, or residence is twenty one hundred dollars. Twenty dollars of this fee must be deposited in the state general fund and eighty dollars must be retained by the department."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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