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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Massey
Document Path: l:\s-res\asm\013driv.dmr.asm.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Driver's license
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/10/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 117)
1/10/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 117)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 56 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES, BY ADDING SECTION 56-1-45, TO PROVIDE THAT, IN ADDITION TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN FULL LICENSURE, A PERSON AT LEAST FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE WHO HAS NEVER HELD A FORM OF LICENSE EVIDENCING PREVIOUS DRIVING EXPERIENCE MUST ENROLL IN AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A DRIVER TRAINING COURSE CONDUCTED BY A DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOL LICENSED UNDER CHAPTER 23 OF THIS TITLE OR, IF REGULARLY ENROLLED IN A HIGH SCHOOL OF THIS STATE THAT CONDUCTS A DRIVER'S TRAINING COURSE, A COURSE TAUGHT BY A QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR; AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER WHO HAS NEVER HELD A FORM OF LICENSE EVIDENCING PREVIOUS DRIVING EXPERIENCE MUST ENROLL IN AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN EIGHT-HOUR DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-1-45. (A) In addition to the other requirements provided for in this chapter and in order to obtain full licensure, a person at least fifteen years of age and under twenty-one years of age who has never held a form of license evidencing previous driving experience must enroll in and successfully complete a driver training course conducted by a driver training school licensed under Chapter 23 of this title or, if regularly enrolled in a high school of this State that conducts a driver's training course, a course taught by a qualified instructor.
(B) In addition to the other requirements provided for in this chapter and in order to obtain full licensure, a person twenty-one years of age or older who has never held a form of license evidencing previous driving experience must enroll in and successfully complete an eight-hour defensive driving course."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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