Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
H. 4384
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Whitmire, Ryhal, George, Clemmons, Goldfinch, H.A. Crawford, Hardee and Barfield
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11271cm14.docx
Introduced in the House on January 14, 2014
Introduced in the Senate on February 5, 2014
Last Amended on February 4, 2014
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Mopeds
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 55)
1/14/2014 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
(House Journal-page 55)
1/15/2014 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ryhal
1/23/2014 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and
Public Works (House Journal-page 3)
1/24/2014 Scrivener's error corrected
2/4/2014 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: George,
Clemmons, Goldfinch, H.A.Crawford, Hardee, Barfield
2/4/2014 House Amended (House Journal-page 41)
2/4/2014 House Read second time (House Journal-page 41)
2/4/2014 House Roll call Yeas-76 Nays-40 (House Journal-page 41)
2/5/2014 House Read third time and sent to Senate
(House Journal-page 13)
2/5/2014 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 22)
2/5/2014 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 22)
View the latest legislative information at the website
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/3/2013
1/23/2014
1/24/2014
2/4/2014
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
AMENDED
February 4, 2014
H. 4384
Introduced by Reps. Whitmire, Ryhal, George, Clemmons, Goldfinch, H.A. Crawford, Hardee and Barfield
S. Printed 2/4/14--H.
Read the first time January 14, 2014.
TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-5-3710, 56-5-3720, AND 56-5-3730, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF A MOPED ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON OPERATING A MOPED AND HIS PASSENGER MUST WEAR REFLECTIVE VESTS, TO REQUIRE THAT A MOPED SOLD IN THIS STATE MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH A REAR RED TAIL LIGHT THAT FLASHES CONTINUALLY WHILE THE MOPED IS IN MOTION, AND TO REQUIRE A MOPED'S REAR RED TAIL LIGHT THAT FLASHES CONTINUALLY TO BE TURNED ON AT ALL TIMES WHILE THE MOPED IS IN OPERATION.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-3710 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-5-3710. (A) No A person may not ride upon a moped other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached to the moped. No A moped may not be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
(B) A person, while operating a moped, and his passenger must each wear a reflective vest that at a minimum is ANSI/ISEA Class 2 compliant in accordance with the standards of the American National Standards Institute."
SECTION 2. Article 30, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-5-3715. It is unlawful for a person to operate a moped on the public roads in this State that have a speed limit of greater than forty-five miles per hour. A moped is not prohibited from crossing an intersection at a public road with a speed limit in excess of forty-five miles per hour."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
This web page was last updated on February 7, 2014 at 3:26 PM