South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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H. 3098

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Kirsh
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6134cm05.doc

Introduced in the House on January 11, 2005
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Driver's license suspended when person is accepted into Pre-Trial Intervention

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/8/2004  House   Prefiled
   12/8/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/11/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-80
   1/11/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-80

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/8/2004

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-745 AND 56-1-746, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION DUE TO A CONVICTION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATION AND UNDERAGE PURCHASE AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL OFFENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PERSON IS ACCEPTED INTO A PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR EITHER OFFENSE, THE PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE MUST BE SUSPENDED.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-1-745 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 348 of 2002, is further amended by adding at the end:

"(E)    If a person charged with an offense enumerated in subsection (A) of this section is accepted into a pretrial intervention program on the charge, the person's driver's license must be suspended as provided in this section in the same manner as if the person were convicted of the offense. The circuit solicitor shall report to the department the acceptance into a pretrial intervention program of a person charged with one of the enumerated offenses."

SECTION    2.    Section 56-1-746 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 348 of 2002, is further amended by adding at the end:

"(E)    If a person charged with an offense enumerated in subsection (A) of this section is accepted into a pretrial intervention program on the charge, the person's driver's license must be suspended as provided in this section in the same manner as if the person were convicted of the offense. The circuit solicitor shall report to the department the acceptance into a pretrial intervention program of a person charged with one of the enumerated offenses."

SECTION    3.    Section 56-1-745 as contained in Section 1 of this act and Section 51-1-746 as contained in Section 2 of this act apply only to a person arrested or charged on or after this act's effective date.

SECTION    4.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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