South Carolina General Assembly
108th Session, 1989-1990

Bill 125

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               125
Ratification Number:       343
Act Number                 324
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to the Automobile Insurance
                           Reform Act of 1989
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(A324, R343, S125)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 148 OF 1989, RELATING TO THE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE REFORM ACT OF 1989, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR REINSTATEMENT FEE MUST NOT BE ASSESSED AGAINST ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT REQUIRED BY REASON OF ILLNESS OR MILITARY SERVICE TO PAY THE FIVE DOLLAR A DAY FINE FOR EACH DAY OF DRIVING WHILE UNINSURED.

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

Reinstatement fee

SECTION 1. Section 36 of Act 148 of 1989 is amended to read:

"Section 36. Whenever a person furnishes proof of liability insurance, or surrenders or has his registration or license tags confiscated for failure to produce proof of insurance, after the Department of Highways and Public Transportation receives notice of the lapse or termination of the required liability insurance, the department shall compare the effective date of the lapse or termination with the date of the proof of insurance or the date of the confiscation or surrender. If the department determines there was a lapse in the required coverage the department shall assess, in addition to other fines or penalties imposed by the law, a per diem fine in the amount of five dollars. The department shall collect and keep this fine to defer the costs of the financial responsibility program. The fine provided for in this section and the two hundred dollar reinstatement fee pursuant to Section 56-10-240 of the 1976 Code must not be assessed if the person furnishes proof, as documented by his sworn statement, that the motor vehicle upon which the coverage has lapsed or been terminated has not been operated upon the roads, streets, or highways of this State during the lapse or termination, and the lapse or termination is due to military service or illness as documented by a signed physician's statement. The total amount of the fine provided for in this section may not exceed two hundred dollars for a first offense."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 21st day of February, 1990.