Current Status Bill Number:4544 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980128 Primary Sponsor:D. Smith All Sponsors:D. Smith Drafted Document Number:kgh\15365cm.98 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Motor vehicle drivers licenses suspension, method of notification revised
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House 19980128 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-1-465 AND 56-1-810, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE NOTICE REQUIRED TO BE SERVED UPON A PERSON WHOSE DRIVER'S LICENSE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, SO AS TO REVISE THE METHOD OF NOTICE REQUIRED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-465 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-1-465. The licensee shall must be notified of suspension under Section 56-1-460 in the same as is manner required when the license is suspended due to loss of points as provided in Section 56-1-810 56-1-360."
SECTION 2. Section 56-1-810 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-1-810. Upon the determination by the department that a person has accumulated sufficient points to warrant the suspension of his license, the department shall notify such the licensee in writing, return receipt requested as provided in Section 56-1-360, that his license has been suspended, and such. The licensee shall return his license to the department within the time required by Section 56-1-350 and is subject to the its penalties thereof for failing to do so."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.