South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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S. 809

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Turner and Rice
Document Path: l:\s-res\rt\006left.dmr.rt.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 9, 2018
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Driving on the right side of roadways

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/6/2017  Senate  Prefiled
   12/6/2017  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation
    1/9/2018  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 64)
    1/9/2018  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 64)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/6/2017

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1810 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO DRIVING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAYS, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION MAY BE FINED UP TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION, IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES PROVIDED IN SECTION 56-5-6190, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY WARNING TICKETS MAY BE ISSUED FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 56-5-1810 FOR A PERIOD OF NINETY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-1810 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"(D)    In addition to the penalties provided in Section 56-5-6190, a person who violates this section may be fined up to two hundred dollars for each violation.

(E)    The department shall erect appropriate signs along the State's interstate highways that provide notice to operators of motor vehicles of the provisions contained in this section."

SECTION    2.    For a period of ninety days after the effective date of this act, only warning tickets may be issued for a violation of the provisions of Section 56-5-1810.

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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