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H. 4697
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Walker and Whipper
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5401cm08.doc
Introduced in the House on February 14, 2008
Introduced in the Senate on May 1, 2008
Last Amended on April 29, 2008
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Counterfeit driver's license
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/14/2008 House Introduced and read first time HJ-4 2/14/2008 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-4 4/17/2008 House Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works HJ-22 4/22/2008 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper 4/23/2008 House Requests for debate-Rep(s). Rutherford, Sellers, GM Smith, Ott, Hart, Knight, Walker, Crawford, Jefferson, Weeks, Brantley, Leach, Limehouse, Scarborough, Stavrinakis, Allen, and Mitchell HJ-97 4/29/2008 House Amended HJ-57 4/29/2008 House Read second time HJ-58 4/29/2008 House Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-0 HJ-58 4/30/2008 House Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-45 4/30/2008 Scrivener's error corrected 5/1/2008 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-8 5/1/2008 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-8 5/6/2008 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hawkins (ch), Sheheen, Lourie, Vaughn
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
2/14/2008
4/17/2008
4/29/2008
4/30/2008
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AMENDED
April 29, 2008
H. 4697
S. Printed 4/29/08--H. [SEC 4/30/08 3:17 PM]
Read the first time February 14, 2008.
TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-510, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL USE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISPLAY OR POSSESS A COUNTERFEIT DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-515, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL ALTERATION AND USE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO PRODUCE OR POSSESS A COUNTERFEIT DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-510(1) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(1) to display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his possession any canceled, revoked, suspended, counterfeit, or fraudulently altered driver's license or personal identification card;"
SECTION 2. Section 56-1-515 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-1-515. (1)(A) It is unlawful for any a person to alter a motor vehicle driver's license so as to provide false information on the license or to sell or issue a fictitious driver's license.
(2)(B) It is unlawful for any a person to use a motor vehicle driver's license not issued to the person, an altered motor vehicle driver's license, an identification card containing false information, or an identification card not issued to the person to defraud another or violate the law.
(C) It is unlawful for a person to produce a counterfeit motor vehicle driver's license or identification card, or for a person to have in his possession a counterfeit driver's license or identification card.
(3)(D) Any A person violating the provisions of subsection (1)(A) or subsection (C) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
(4)(E) Any A person violating the provisions of subsection (2)(B) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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