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H. 3839
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. D.C. Moss
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Introduced in the House on March 17, 2015
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Speed limits
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
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3/17/2015 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 27)
3/17/2015 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
(House Journal-page 27)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1520, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS PLACED ON VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO CLARIFY CERTAIN INSTANCES WHEN A PERSON IS GUILTY OF EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-1520(G) of the 1976 Code, is amended to read:
"(G) A person violating the speed limits established by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for a first offense, must be fined or imprisoned as follows:
(1) in excess of the above posted limit but not in excess of ten miles an hour by a fine of not less than fifteen dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars;
(2) in excess of ten miles an hour but less than fifteen miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars;
(3) in excess of fifteen or more miles an hour but less than twenty-five miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than seventy-five dollars; and
(4) in excess of twenty-five or more miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not less than seventy-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days."
SECTION 2. The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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