South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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H. 3090

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Rutherford and Thigpen
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\5907cm21.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3992

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Registration plate, illumination

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  House   Prefiled
   12/9/2020  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   1/12/2021  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 65)
   1/12/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 65)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-4530, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ILLUMINATION OF A REGISTRATION PLATE, SO AS TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE, AND TO PROVIDE A VEHICLE MAY NOT BE STOPPED FOR HAVING AN INOPERABLE TAIL LAMP OR SEPARATE LAMP IN THE ABSENCE OF A VIOLATION OF ANOTHER LAW.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-4530 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 56-5-4530.    (A)    Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration license plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.

    (B)    A law enforcement officer may not stop a driver of a motor vehicle whose tail lamp or separate lamp is inoperable in the absence of a violation of another motor vehicle law."

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

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