Bill Text: SC S0936 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Beginner's permit, instruction permit, or driver's license

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-18 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works [S0936 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2015-S0936-Comm_Sub.html

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED AND AMENDED

May 12, 2016

S. 936

Introduced by Senators Shealy, Bryant, Hembree, Alexander and Malloy

S. Printed 5/12/16--S.    [SEC 5/16/16 10:10 AM]

Read the first time January 13, 2016.

            

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.

Amend Title To Conform

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.