1999-2000 Bill 3518: Motor Vehicle Traffic Violations, Careless Operation Of; Law Enforcement

1 BIL: 3518 2 TYP: General Bill GB 3 INB: House 4 IND: 19990211 5 PSP: Barfield 6 SPO: Barfield, Sharpe, Wilder, McKay, Altman, Lloyd, Maddox, Fleming, Parks, 7 Delleney, T. Brown, Harrison, Cotty, Kelley, Leach, Phillips, Rutherford 8 and Witherspoon 9 DDN: l:\council\bills\ggs\22156cm99.doc 10 RBY: House 11 COM: Judiciary Committee 25 HJ 12 SUB: Motor vehicle traffic violations, careless operation of; law enforcement 13 officers may charge person with 14 15 16 HST: 17 18 Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved 19 ______20 House 19990211 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ 21 referred to Committee 22 23 24 Printed Versions of This Bill 25 26 27 28 29 TXT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 12 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-1940 SO AS TO PROVIDE 13 THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS THE 14 DISCRETION TO CHARGE A PERSON WITH CARELESS 15 OPERATION OF A VEHICLE AS DEFINED BY LOCAL 16 ORDINANCE IN LIEU OF DRIVING TOO FAST FOR 17 CONDITIONS OR SPEEDING; AND TO AMEND SECTION 18 56-1-720, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM FOR THE 19 EVALUATION OF A PERSON’S DRIVING RECORD, SO AS 20 TO PROVIDE THAT CARELESS OPERATION IS A ZERO 21 POINT VIOLATION. 22 23 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 24 Carolina: 25 26 SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding: 27 28 “Section 56-5-1940. A law enforcement officer has the 29 discretion to charge a person with careless operation of a vehicle 30 as defined by local ordinance in lieu of driving too fast for 31 conditions or speeding.” 32 33 SECTION 2. Section 56-1-720 of the 1976 Code is amended by 34 adding at the end: 35 36 “Careless operation (as defined by local ordinance) 0” 37 38 SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the 39 Governor. 40 ----XX----

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