Bill Text: SC S0570 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Driver's license
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-26 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [S0570 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-S0570-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-2956 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY ENTRY IN THE DRIVING RECORD OF A PERSON THAT SHOWS HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT TO TESTING FOR ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OR HE WAS ISSUED A TEMPORARY DRIVER'S LICENSE OR THAT HE WAS REQUIRED TO INSTALL AN IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE ON A VEHICLE HE DRIVES AND WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ACQUITTED OF DRIVING WITH AN UNLAWFUL ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION MUST BE REMOVED FROM HIS DRIVING RECORD.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 23, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-5-2956. All evidence of the suspension of a person's driver's license under 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.
