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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Bryant
Document Path: l:\s-res\klb\014begi.kmm.klb.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 198, 3242, 3322, 3580
Introduced in the Senate on January 24, 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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1/24/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 23)
1/24/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 23)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-100 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES, TO PROVIDE FOR MINORS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A BEGINNER'S PERMIT, INSTRUCTION PERMIT, OR DRIVER'S LICENSE UNDER THE AUTHORIZATION OF A RESPONSIBLE ADULT WILLING TO ASSUME THE OBLIGATION IMPOSED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-100 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-1-100. The application of an unemancipated a minor for a beginner's permit, instruction permit, or driver's license must be signed and verified before a person authorized to administer oaths by the father, mother, or guardian or, for all other minors, by a responsible adult appointed by the South Carolina Department of Social Services or the court who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under this article upon a person signing the application of a minor. Upon the extension of a permit pursuant to Section 56-1-50, authorization by the father, mother, guardian, or a responsible adult is not required."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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