South Carolina General Assembly
106th Session, 1985-1986

Bill 162


                    Current Status

Bill Number:               162
Ratification Number:       243
Act Number:                158
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                        Uniform traffic tickets
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(A158, R243, S162)

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 FOR CERTAIN ARRESTS, SO AS TO CORRECT PRINTERS' ERRORS IN REFERENCES TO TWO SPECIFIC OFFENSES, PROVIDE THAT UNIFORM TRAFFIC TICKETS BE APPLICABLE TO WATERCRAFT AND NAVIGATIONAL VIOLATIONS, AND TO AMEND THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 56-7-50 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 7, TITLE 56, DO NOT APPLY TO THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL COMMISSION, THE WILDLIFE AND MARINE RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, OR TO ANY OF THEIR AGENTS.

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

Uniform traffic tickets, watercraft violations

SECTION 1. Section 56-7-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 467 of 1984, is further amended to read:

"Section 56-7-10. There will 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 16-5-50

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 23-35-120

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

Negligent Operation of Watercraft;

Operation of Watercraft While Under

Influence of Alcohol or Drugs Section 50-21-110

Negligence of Boat Livery to Provide

Proper Equipment and Registration Section 50-21-120

Interference with Aids to Navigation

or Regulatory Markers or Operation

of Watercraft in Prohibited Area Section 50-21-170

Operation of Watercraft Without a

Certificate of Title Section 50-23-190.

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 the ticket was issued and served. This ticket will be designed by the Department of Highways and Public Transportation and approved by the Attorney General."

Exemptions

SECTION 2. Chapter 7 of Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-7-50. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the South Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, or to any of their agents."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.