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H. 4389
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith and Southard
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Introduced in the House on January 14, 2014
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Operation of mopeds on roads
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/3/2013 House Prefiled
12/3/2013 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
1/14/2014 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 57)
1/14/2014 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
(House Journal-page 57)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1555, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPEED LIMITATIONS PLACED ON THE OPERATION OF A MOPED, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A MOPED MAY NOT BE OPERATED ALONG A ROAD, STREET, OR HIGHWAY WHOSE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT IS GREATER THAN FORTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-1555 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-5-1555. No A person may not operate a moped at a speed in excess of twenty-five miles an hour. In addition a moped may not be operated along a road, street, or highway whose maximum speed limit is greater than forty-five miles an hour. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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