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H. 3992
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Matthews, Kimmons, J.L. Johnson and Henegan
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 3090
Introduced in the House on March 2, 2021
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Traffic offenses
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/2/2021 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 10)
3/2/2021 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
(House Journal-page 10)
3/3/2021 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.L.Johnson
2/8/2022 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henegan
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VERSIONS OF THIS 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 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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