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S. 1282
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Lourie
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5467cm08.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4197
Introduced in the Senate on April 10, 2008
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: MUSC
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/10/2008 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-4 4/10/2008 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-4
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2780, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFULLY PASSING A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A FINE OF FIFTY DOLLARS MUST BE IMPOSED, IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER FINES, UPON A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION WHICH MUST BE USED TO ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO TRAIN MEDICAL STUDENTS IN THE FIELD OF TRAUMA MEDICINE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-2780 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:
"(C) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a fine of fifty dollars must be imposed, in addition to all other fines, upon a person who violates this section. The additional fifty dollar fine must be placed by the State Treasurer in a special account and used to establish scholarships at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Medical University of South Carolina to train medical students in the field of trauma medicine."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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