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Bill 4615

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4615
Ratification Number:              276
Act Number:                       235
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020130
Primary Sponsor:                  G.M. Smith
All Sponsors:                     G.M. Smith
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22287cm02.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20020416
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        20020501
Subject:                          DUI, driver's license suspension; fee for 
                                  challenging for refusal to submit to breath 
                                  test


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20020514  Act No. A235
------  20020501  Signed by Governor
------  20020425  Ratified R276
Senate  20020416  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  20020411  Read second time
Senate  20020410  Committee report: Favorable            11 SJ
Senate  20020305  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
House   20020301  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20020228  Read second time, unanimous consent
                  for third reading on the next
                  Legislative day
House   20020227  Committee report: Favorable            25 HJ
House   20020207  Committed to Committee                 25 HJ
House   20020207  Recalled from Committee                21 HEPW
House   20020130  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on February 27, 2002 - Word format
Revised on April 10, 2002 - Word format

(A235, R276, H4615)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-2952 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE FILING FEE FOR REQUESTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING TO CHALLENGE A DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A BREATH TEST OR REGISTERING AN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION GREATER THAN THE EXISTING LAWFUL LIMIT IS FIFTY DOLLARS.

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

Administrative hearing

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-5-2952. The filing fee to request an administrative hearing pursuant to Section 56-5-2951 or 56-1-286 for a person whose driver's license has been suspended for either his refusal to submit to a breath test or registering an alcohol concentration greater than the existing lawful limit is fifty dollars. Funds generated from the collection of this fee must be used by the Office of Administrative Hearings of the Department of Public Safety to defray the costs of scheduling and conducting administrative hearings."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 25th day of April, 2002.

Approved the 1st day of May, 2002.

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