Bill 299

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               299
Ratification Number:       558
Act Number:                467
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to uniform traffic tickets used
                           by law enforcement officers in arrests for
                           traffic offenses

(A467, R558, S299)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-7-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKETS USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN ARRESTS FOR TRAFFIC OFFENSES, SO AS TO ADD NONTRAFFIC OFFENSES, TO PROVIDE THAT NO OTHER TICKET MAY BE USED FOR THOSE OFFENSES, AND TO VEST TRAFFIC, RECORDERS', AND MAGISTRATES' COURTS WITH JURISDICTION IN THE CHARGES FOR WHICH THE TICKETS WERE ISSUED.

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

Uniform traffic ticket

SECTION 1. Section 56-7-10 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 353 of 1980, is further amended to read:

"Section 56-7-10. There shall be a uniform traffic ticket used by all law enforcement officers in arrests for traffic offenses and for the following additional offenses:

Offense Citation

Interfering with Police Officer Serving Process Section 16-5-20

Dumping Trash on Highway/Private Property Section 16-11-700

Indecent Exposure Section 16-15-130

Disorderly Conduct Section 16-17-530

Discharging Fireworks from Motor Vehicle Section 23-25-120

Damaging Highway Section 57-7-10

Place Glass, Nails, Etc. on Highway Section 57-7-20

Obstruction of Highway by Railroad Cars, Etc. Section 57-7-240

Signs Permitted on Interstate Section 57-25-140

Brown Bagging Section 61-5-20

Drinking Liquors In Public Conveyance Section 61-13-360

Poles Dragging on Highway Section 57-7-80

Open Container Section 61-9-87

Purchase or Possession of Beer or Wine by a

Person Under Age Section 20-7-370

Purchase or Possession of Alcoholic Liquor by

A Person Under Age Twenty-One Section 20-7-380

Unlawful Possession and Consumption of

Alcoholic Liquors Section 61-5-30

Sale of Beer or Wine on Which Tax Has Not

Been Paid Section 61-9-20

Falsification of Age to Purchase Beer or Wine Section 61-9-50

Unlawful Purchase of Beer or Wine for A

Person Who Cannot Legally Buy Section 61-9-60

Unlawful Sale or Purchase of Beer or Wine,

Giving False Information as to Age,

Buying Beer or Wine Unlawfully for

Another Section 61-9-85

Employment of A Person Under the Age of

Twenty-One As An Employee in Retail or

Wholesale or Manufacturing Liquor Business Section 61-13-340

Failure to Remove Doors from Abandoned

Refrigerators Section 16-3-1010

Malicious Injury to Animals or Personal

Property Section 16-11-510

Timber, Logs, or Lumber Cutting, Removing,

Transporting Without Permission, Valued

at Less Than Fifty Dollars Section 16-11-580

Littering Section 16-11-700

Larceny of a Bicycle Valued at Less Than

One Hundred Dollars Section 16-13-80

Cock Fighting Section 16-17-650

Ticket Scalping Section 16-17-710

Glue Sniffing Section 44-53-1110

Trespassing Act 86 of 1979

Trespassing Section 16-11-600

Trespassing Section 16-11-610

Trespassing Section 16-11-620

No other ticket may be used for these offenses. The service of the uniform traffic ticket shall vest all traffic, recorders', and magistrates' courts with jurisdiction to hear and to dispose of the charge for which such ticket was issued and served. This ticket shall be designed by the Department of Highways and Public Transportation and approved by the Attorney General."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.