South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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S. 945

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Grooms and Elliott
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Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2010
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Driver's license suspension

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2009  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation
   1/12/2010  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-29
   1/12/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-29

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2009

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-360 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE FORM AND PROOF OF NOTICE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES UPON THE CANCELLATION, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, TO PROVIDE THAT NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-1-360 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-1-360.    When notice is required concerning a person's driver's license, the notice must be given by the Department of Motor Vehicles by depositing the notice in the United States mail with postage prepaid addressed to the person at the address contained in the driver's license records of the department. The giving of notice by mail is complete ten days after the deposit of the notice. A certificate by the director of the department or his designee that the notice has been sent as required in this section is presumptive proof that the requirements as to notice of suspension have been met even if the notice has not been received by the addresse registered or certified mail, return receipt requested to the person at the address contained in the driver's license records of the department."

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

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