South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

S. 1282

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Lourie
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5467cm08.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4197

Introduced in the Senate on April 10, 2008
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: MUSC

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4/10/2008  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-4
   4/10/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-4

View the latest legislative information at the LPITS web site

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/10/2008

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2780, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFULLY PASSING A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A FINE OF FIFTY DOLLARS MUST BE IMPOSED, IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER FINES, UPON A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION WHICH MUST BE USED TO ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO TRAIN MEDICAL STUDENTS IN THE FIELD OF TRAUMA MEDICINE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-2780 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:

"(C)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, a fine of fifty dollars must be imposed, in addition to all other fines, upon a person who violates this section. The additional fifty dollar fine must be placed by the State Treasurer in a special account and used to establish scholarships at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Medical University of South Carolina to train medical students in the field of trauma medicine."

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

----XX----

This web page was last updated on Monday, October 10, 2011 at 1:31 P.M.