A bill

 

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-2956 SO AS TO PROVIDE ALL EVIDENCE OF THE SUSPENSION OF DRIVERS' LICENSES FOR REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO TESTING FOR ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS AND ANY ENTRY IN THE DRIVING RECORDS OF PERSONS SHOWING THEY WERE ISSUED TEMPORARY DRIVERS' LICENSES OR THAT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO INSTALL IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES ON VEHICLES THEY DRIVE MUST BE REMOVED FROM THEIR DRIVING RECORDS IF THEY SUBSEQUENTLY WERE ACQUITTED OF DRIVING WITH UNLAWFUL ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS.

 

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

 

SECTION 1.  Article 23, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 

    Section 56-5-2956. All evidence of the suspension of a person's driver's license pursuant to Section 56-5-2951, and any entry on the person's motor vehicle driving record that he was issued a temporary driver's license pursuant to that section or was required to install an ignition interlock device on a vehicle that he drives must be removed from the motor vehicle driving record of a person acquitted of a violation of Section 56-5-2930, 56-5-2933, or 56-5-2945.

 

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

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