Bill Text: SC S0300 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Driver's license
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-24 - Referred to Committee on Transportation [S0300 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2017-S0300-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-100 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES, TO PROVIDE FOR MINORS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A BEGINNER'S PERMIT, INSTRUCTION PERMIT, OR DRIVER'S LICENSE UNDER THE AUTHORIZATION OF A RESPONSIBLE ADULT WILLING TO ASSUME THE OBLIGATION IMPOSED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-100 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-1-100. The application of an unemancipated a minor for a beginner's permit, instruction permit, or driver's license must be signed and verified before a person authorized to administer oaths by the father, mother, or guardian or, for all other minors, by a responsible adult appointed by the South Carolina Department of Social Services or the court who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under this article upon a person signing the application of a minor. Upon the extension of a permit pursuant to Section 56-1-50, authorization by the father, mother, guardian, or a responsible adult is not required."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
