Bill Text: SC H4594 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Motor Vehicle Offenses

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-11 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [H4594 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-H4594-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-95 SO AS TO PROVIDE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MAY INITIATE A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP FOR A VIOLATION OF CERTAIN OFFENSES ONLY WHERE THERE IS A SIMULTANEOUSLY OBSERVED VIOLATION FOR ANOTHER MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSE.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

        "Section 56-5-95.    A law enforcement officer only may initiate a motor vehicle stop for the following violations where there is a simultaneously observed violation for another motor vehicle offense:

    (1)    failure to register a vehicle when the vehicle had been registered previously in the State within forty-five days of the infraction;

    (2)    improper placement of a license plate or temporary license plate when the license plate is displayed in the rear window, or otherwise displayed clearly;

    (3)    operating a motor vehicle with a single brake light, head light, daytime running lights, single bulb in a larger light, or any other single light or bulb; or

    (4)    operating a vehicle with any object or material that obstructs, obscures, or impairs the driver's vision through the front windshield or in any manner as to constitute a safety hazard."

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