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H. 3129
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Rutherford
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Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Operating a vehicle without a speedometer
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/11/2014 House Prefiled
12/11/2014 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/13/2015 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 107)
1/13/2015 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 107)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-4905 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE ALONG A HIGHWAY WITHOUT A SPEEDOMETER THAT IS MAINTAINED IN GOOD WORKING ORDER, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE TWENTY MILES AN HOUR OR LESS IN EXCESS OF THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, MUST BE CHARGED WITH OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT A SPEEDOMETER THAT IS MAINTAINED IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 35, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-5-4905. (A) Every motor vehicle when operated on a highway must be equipped with a speedometer which must be maintained in good working order.
(B) A person who violates this section must be charged with the offense of 'Improper Equipment - Speedometer' and upon conviction must be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.
(C) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a person who is charged with operating a motor vehicle twenty miles an hour or less in excess of the posted speed limit and can prove that his vehicle's speedometer was not in good working order at the time of being charged, must be charged with violating subsection (A)."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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