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S*0187 (Rat #0148, Act #0065 of 2001) General Bill, By Rankin, Short and Hutto
Summary: Safety belts, child passenger restraint system in motor vehicles; belt-positioning booster seat for four-year olds
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6410, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE USE OF A CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT TRANSPORTS A CHILD UNDER SIX YEARS OF AGE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION APPLIES TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT OPERATE ON THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS AND STREETS, TO REVISE AND ESTABLISH THE AGE OR WEIGHT, OR BOTH, OF CHILDREN WHO MUST BE RESTRAINED IN EITHER A REAR-FACING SAFETY SEAT, BELT-POSITIONING BOOSTER SEAT, OR AN ADULT SEAT BELT; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6520, RELATING TO THE STATE'S MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT, SO AS TO REVISE THE AGE OF OCCUPANTS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO MUST WEAR A SEAT BELT, PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANTS MUST BE SECURED IN A CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE THAT A MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER WHO POSSESSES A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SPECIAL RESTRICTED LICENSE, OR BEGINNER'S PERMIT AND NOT THE DRIVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE OCCUPANT WEARS A SEAT BELT AND MUST BE FINED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION; BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-6525 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MUST NOT USE ANY ENDEAVOR OF SYSTEMATIC CHECKPOINTS OR ROADBLOCKS AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOL WHERE THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE IS TO DETECT AND ISSUE A TICKET TO A VIOLATOR OF THE STATE'S MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6530, RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS TO THE STATE'S MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DRIVER OR OCCUPANTS IN A VEHICLE NOT ORIGINALLY EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY BELTS IS EXEMPT FROM THE STATE'S MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6540, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATORS OF THE STATE'S MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MONETARY PENALTY AND PROVIDE A MAXIMUM MONETARY PENALTY, TO PROVIDE THAT A CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION MUST NOT BE INCLUDED IN AN OFFENDER'S MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR IN THE CRIMINAL RECORDS MAINTAINED BY SLED, TO PROVIDE THAT A CITATION MUST BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP MADE WHEN AN OFFICER HAS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION BASED ON HIS CLEAR AND UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF A DRIVER SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER OR AN OCCUPANT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER WHO IS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT OR IS NOT SECURED IN A CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM WITHOUT CITING ANY OTHER VIOLATION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A VEHICLE, DRIVER, OR OCCUPANT IN A VEHICLE MAY NOT BE SEARCHED SOLELY FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION OR CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE STOPS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS PROVISION.-AMENDED TITLE
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Summary: Safety belts, child passenger restraint system in motor vehicles; belt-positioning booster seat for four-year olds
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6410, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE USE OF A CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT TRANSPORTS A CHILD UNDER SIX YEARS OF AGE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION APPLIES TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT OPERATE ON THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS AND STREETS, TO REVISE AND ESTABLISH THE AGE OR WEIGHT, OR BOTH, OF CHILDREN WHO MUST BE RESTRAINED IN EITHER A REAR-FACING SAFETY SEAT, BELT-POSITIONING BOOSTER SEAT, OR AN ADULT SEAT BELT; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6520, RELATING TO THE STATE'S MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT, SO AS TO REVISE THE AGE OF OCCUPANTS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO MUST WEAR A SEAT BELT, PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANTS MUST BE SECURED IN A CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE THAT A MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER WHO POSSESSES A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SPECIAL RESTRICTED LICENSE, OR BEGINNER'S PERMIT AND NOT THE DRIVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE OCCUPANT WEARS A SEAT BELT AND MUST BE FINED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION; BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-6525 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MUST NOT USE ANY ENDEAVOR OF SYSTEMATIC CHECKPOINTS OR ROADBLOCKS AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOL WHERE THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE IS TO DETECT AND ISSUE A TICKET TO A VIOLATOR OF THE STATE'S MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6530, RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS TO THE STATE'S MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DRIVER OR OCCUPANTS IN A VEHICLE NOT ORIGINALLY EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY BELTS IS EXEMPT FROM THE STATE'S MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6540, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATORS OF THE STATE'S MANDATORY USE OF SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MONETARY PENALTY AND PROVIDE A MAXIMUM MONETARY PENALTY, TO PROVIDE THAT A CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION MUST NOT BE INCLUDED IN AN OFFENDER'S MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR IN THE CRIMINAL RECORDS MAINTAINED BY SLED, TO PROVIDE THAT A CITATION MUST BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP MADE WHEN AN OFFICER HAS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION BASED ON HIS CLEAR AND UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF A DRIVER SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER OR AN OCCUPANT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER WHO IS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT OR IS NOT SECURED IN A CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM WITHOUT CITING ANY OTHER VIOLATION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A VEHICLE, DRIVER, OR OCCUPANT IN A VEHICLE MAY NOT BE SEARCHED SOLELY FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION OR CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE STOPS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS PROVISION.-AMENDED TITLE
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| 01/23/01 | Senate | Introduced and read first time SJ-10 |
| 01/23/01 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-10 |
| 02/20/01 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation SJ-11 |
| 02/22/01 | Senate | Amended SJ-11 |
| 02/22/01 | Senate | Read second time SJ-11 |
| 02/22/01 | Senate | Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-11 |
| 03/01/01 | Senate | Read third time and sent to House SJ-12 |
| 03/06/01 | House | Introduced and read first time HJ-14 |
| 03/06/01 | House | Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-14 |
| 05/03/01 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works HJ-4 |
| 05/09/01 | House | Requests for debate-Rep(s). Altman, Littlejohn, Davenport, Weeks, Scarborough, Simrill, Stuart, Townsend, Robinson, Trotter, GM Smith, Hinson, Miller, Stille, Martin, Walker and Sandifer HJ-23 |
| 05/10/01 | House | Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Simrill HJ-23 |
| 05/30/01 | House | Amended HJ-45 |
| 05/30/01 | House | Read second time HJ-51 |
| 05/30/01 | House | Roll call Yeas-83 Nays-15 HJ-51 |
| 05/30/01 | House | Reconsider second reading HJ-58 |
| 05/30/01 | House | Read second time HJ-61 |
| 05/30/01 | House | Roll call Yeas-84 Nays-17 HJ-61 |
| 05/31/01 | House | Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-11 |
| 06/07/01 | Senate | House amendment amended SJ-58 |
| 06/07/01 | Senate | Returned to House with amendments SJ-58 |
| 06/07/01 | House | Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-168 |
| 06/28/01 | Ratified R 148 | |
| 07/03/01 | Signed By Governor | |
| 07/03/01 | Effective date This Act takes effect 07/01/01, and applies to all offenses committed on or after that date | |
| 07/18/01 | Copies available | |
| 07/18/01 | Act No. 65 |