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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.89 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20010110 Primary Sponsor:Elliott All Sponsors:Elliott, Giese Drafted Document Number:l:\s-res\de\023wine.dmb.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Alcoholic beverages, unlawful sale to minors; motor vehicle drivers license suspension for third or subsequent offender History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20010110 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 61-4-50, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL SALE OF BEER OR WINE TO A MINOR SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IN ADDITION TO EXISTING PENALTIES THAT A PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF VIOLATING THIS SECTION FOR A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE SHALL HAVE HIS DRIVERS LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR THIRTY DAYS AND NO PART OF THE MANDATORY SUSPENSION SHALL BE SUSPENDED BY THE COURT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 61-4-50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end of (A) to read:
"(C) In addition to the penalties imposed in (A), for a third or subsequent offense, the Department of Public Safety shall suspend the drivers license of any person who is convicted or who receives a sentence upon a plea of nolo contendere for a period of thirty days. No part of the mandatory drivers license suspension shall be suspended by the court."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor
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