View Amendment Current Amendment: 4sub to Bill 3276

Rep. TAYLOR proposes the following amendment (LC-3276.WAB0006H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 2, by striking Section 56-5-3890(D)(1)(b) and inserting:

 (b) for a second or subsequent offense, must be fined two hundred dollars, no part of which may be suspended, and must have two points assessed against his motor vehicle operating record.

Amend the bill further, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Section 56-1-720 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 56-1-720. There is established a point system for the evaluation of the operating record of persons to whom a license to operate motor vehicles has been granted and for the determination of the continuing qualifications of these persons for the privileges granted by the license to operate motor vehicles. The system shall have as its basic element a graduated scale of points assigning relative values to the various violations in accordance with the following schedule:
VIOLATIONPOINTS
Reckless driving6
Passing stopped school bus6
Hit-and-run, property damages only6
Driving too fast for conditions, or speeding:
(1)No more than 10 m.p.h. above the posted limits2
(2)More than 10 m.p.h. but less than 25 m.p.h. above the posted limits4
(3)25 m.p.h. or above the posted limits6
Disobedience of any official traffic control device4
Disobedience to officer directing traffic4
Failing to yield right-of-way4
Driving on wrong side of road4
Passing unlawfully4
Turning unlawfully4
Driving through or within safety zone4
Shifting lanes without safety precaution2
Improper dangerous parking2
Following too closely4
Failing to dim lights2
Operating with improper lights2
Operating with improper brakes4
Distracted driving (second or subsequent offense)2
Operating a vehicle in unsafe condition2
Driving in improper lane2
Improper backing2
Endangerment of a highway worker, no injury2
Endangerment of a highway worker, injury results4

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.