South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 3098

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Cobb-Hunter
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22151bb09.docx

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Passing school buses

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2008  House   Prefiled
   12/9/2008  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-48
   1/13/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-48

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2008

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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 ALL FINES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 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 an appropriately lettered section at the end to read:

"( )    Notwithstanding another provision of law, fines imposed pursuant to this section 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.

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