Current Status BillNumber: 3582 Ratification Number: 572 Act Number: 478 Introducing Body: House Subject: Relating to suspension of a driver's licenseView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A478, R572, H3582)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-400, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SUUSPENSION OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT ISSUE A NEW LICENSE FOLLOWING SUSPENSION UNLESS THE REGISTER OF MESNE CONVEYANCES OR THE CLERK OF COURT OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CONVICTION OCCURRED CERTIFIES THAT THE FINE OWED BY THE DRIVER HAS BEEN PAID AND THAT THE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN LIFTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Suspension of driver's license
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-400 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:
"Any person whose license has been suspended or revoked for an offense within the jurisdiction of the court of general sessions shall provide the Department with proof that the fine owed by the person has been paid before the Department may return or issue the person a license. Proof that the fine has been paid may be a receipt from the clerk of court of the county in which the conviction occurred stating the fine has been paid in full."
Court must notify department
SECTION 2. Any magistrate's court, municipal court, or other court of competent jurisdiction must notify the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation when any person charged with a traffic violation in such court upon conviction or other plea has been paid the fine therefor, or forfeited the bond previously posted.
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 21st day of June, 1984