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Bill 943

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      943
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020129
Primary Sponsor:                  Alexander
All Sponsors:                     Alexander
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1689cm02.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Transportation Committee 15 ST
Subject:                          Sunscreen devices installed on motor 
                                  vehicles, provisions not applicable to law 
                                  enforcement vehicles used to transport canine 
                                  units


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020129  Introduced, read first time,           15 ST
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-5015, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SUNSCREEN DEVICES INSTALLED ON MOTOR VEHICLES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THESE PROVISIONS DO NOT APPLY TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE USED REGULARLY TO TRANSPORT A CANINE TRAINED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-5-5015(H) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 462 of 1992, is further amended to read:

"(H) The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(1) a motor vehicle registered in this State in the name of a person, or the person's legal guardian, who has an affidavit signed by a physician or an optometrist licensed to practice in this State that states that the person has a physical condition that makes it necessary to equip the motor vehicle with sunscreening material which would be of a light transmittance or luminous reflectance in violation of this section. The affidavit must be in the vehicle at all times during its operation and must be produced at the request of a law enforcement officer. The affidavit must be updated every two years; or

(2) a law enforcement vehicle used regularly to transport a canine trained for law enforcement purposes."

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

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