Bill Text: SC H4953 | 2013-2014 | 120th General Assembly | Introduced

South Carolina House Bill 4953 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Texting while driving

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-20 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works [H4953 Detail]

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 5-7-320 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY IMPOSES A FINE FOR TEXTING WHILE DRIVING, THEN THE MUNICIPALITY MUST ERECT SIGNS NOTIFYING DRIVERS OF THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS AND THE ORDINANCE ON EVERY ROAD AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MUNICIPALITY.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 7, Title 5 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 5-7-320. If a municipal council adopts an ordinance that imposes a fine for texting while driving, then the municipality must erect signs notifying drivers of the municipal limits and the ordinance. The signs must be erected on every road at the entrance to the municipality. The municipality may not impose the fine until the provisions of this section are satisfied."

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