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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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