South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 820

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Knotts and Ford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5737cm04.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2004
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Beginner's permit, provisions requiring person less than eighteen or eighteen years or older who has never held a license to hold before being fully licensed

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/13/2004  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-33
   1/13/2004  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-33

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/13/2004

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-50, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BEGINNER'S PERMIT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND HAS NEVER HELD A FORM OF LICENSE EVIDENCING PREVIOUS DRIVING EXPERIENCE FIRST MUST BE ISSUED A BEGINNER'S PERMIT AND MUST HOLD IT FOR AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR FULL LICENSURE WHILE A PERSON WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND HAS NEVER HELD A FORM OF LICENSURE EVIDENCING PREVIOUS DRIVING EXPERIENCE FIRST MUST BE ISSUED A BEGINNER'S PERMIT AND MUST HOLD IT FOR AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR FULL LICENSURE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-1-50(F) the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 2002, is further amended to read:

"(F)    A person who is less than eighteen years of age and has never held a form of license evidencing previous driving experience first must be issued a beginner's permit and must hold the permit for at least one hundred eighty days before being eligible for full licensure. A person who is eighteen years of age or older and has never held a form of license evidencing previous driving experience first must be issued a beginner's permit and must hold the permit for at least thirty days before being eligible for full licensure."

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

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