H 4387 General Bill, By Felder, Pope, Burns, Barfield, George, Gagnon, Bedingfield, Wood and Norman
Summary: Driving Under the Influence
    A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-286, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERMIT, OR THE DENIAL OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERMIT TO A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE WHO DRIVES A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION, SO AS TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION THAT PRECLUDES A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO INITIATES SUSPENSION PROCEEDINGS FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION FROM PROSECUTING A PERSON FOR A VIOLATION OF SEVERAL OTHER SECTIONS THAT PERTAIN TO THE UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BY A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE AND THE UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS.
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12/03/13	House	Prefiled
12/03/13	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
12/10/13		Scrivener's error corrected
01/14/14	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 56)
01/14/14	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 56)
01/16/14	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Burns, Barfield, George, Gagnon, Bedingfield, Wood, Norman