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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3800 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010327 Primary Sponsor:Harrell All Sponsors:Harrell Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\10114htc01.doc Residing Body:House Date Tabled:20010523 Date of Last Amendment:20010523 Subject:Motor vehicle towing or wrecker service, to accept credit card payment to remain on law enforcement rotation list History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010523 Tabled House 20010523 Amended House 20010424 Request for debate by Representative Scott Howard Harrell A. Young Cato Law Clyburn Knotts Scarborough Hinson Whatley Sharpe Perry Loftis Davenport J.E. Smith Hosey House 20010418 Committee report: Favorable with 26 HLCI amendment House 20010327 Introduced, read first time, 26 HLCI referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on April 18, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 23, 2001 - Word format
AMENDED--NOT PRINTED IN THE HOUSE
Amt. No. 1 (Doc. Name Council\bbm\amend\10186htc01)
May 23, 2001
H. 3800
S. Printed 4/18/01--H.
Read the first time March 27, 2001.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-2527 SO AS TO REQUIRE A WRECKER OR VEHICLE TOWING SERVICE AS A CONDITION OF REMAINING ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY CALL ROTATION LIST TO ACCEPT FULL PAYMENT BY MEANS OF A VALID CREDIT CARD ISSUED BY THE TWO LARGEST NATIONALLY FRANCHISED CREDIT CARD COMPANIES AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS REQUIREMENT.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 19, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-5-2527. In addition to all other requirements of law and regulations applicable to a wrecker or vehicle towing service, for such a service to be included on a call rotation list maintained by the South Carolina Highway Patrol or any other law enforcement agency, the wrecker or towing service must accept full payment in the form of a valid credit card issued by the two largest nationally franchised credit card companies. Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a wrecker or towing service from accepting payment by means of credit cards issued by other credit card companies. A wrecker or towing service failing to comply with this section must be removed from the rotation list by the law enforcement agency maintaining the list for a period of thirty days or until the wrecker or towing service is in compliance, whichever is later."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect on the first day of the third month following approval by the Governor.
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