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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3299 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990119 Primary Sponsor:Beck All Sponsors:Beck, W. McLeod, R. Smith, Mason, Wilder Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\ggs\22092cm99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Motor vehicle drivers license application, medical condition and organ and tissue donor status to be disclosed on History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990119 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-80, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AN APPLICATION FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERMIT, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE APPLICATION TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO DISCLOSE A PERMANENT MEDICAL CONDITION WHICH MUST BE INDICATED BY A SYMBOL ON THE LICENSE OR PERMIT AND CONTAINED IN THE DRIVER'S RECORD, AND ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO DISCLOSE THAT HE IS AN ORGAN DONOR WHICH MUST BE INDICATED BY A SYMBOL ON THE LICENSE OR PERMIT AND CONTAINED IN THE DRIVER'S RECORD.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-80 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-1-80. Every application for a driver's license or permit must:
(1) be made upon the form furnished by the department;
(2) be accompanied by the proper fee and acceptable proof of date and place of birth;
(3) contain the full name, date of birth, sex, race, and residence address of the applicant and briefly describe the applicant;
(4) state whether the applicant has been licensed as an operator or chauffeur and, if so, when and by what state or country; and
(5) state whether a license or permit has been suspended or revoked or whether an application has been refused and, if so, the date of and reason for the suspension, revocation, or refusal.;
(6) allow an applicant voluntarily to disclose a permanent medical condition which must be indicated by a symbol designated by the department on the driver's license or permit and contained in the driver's record;
(7) allow an applicant voluntarily to disclose that he is an organ donor which must be indicated by a symbol designated by the department on the driver's license or permit and contained in the driver's record.
Whenever an application is received from a person previously licensed or permitted in another state, the Department of Public Safety, may request a copy of the applicant's record from the other state. When received, the record becomes a part of the driver's record in this State with the same effect as though entered on the operator's record in this State in the original instance. Every person who obtains a driver's license or permit for the first time in South Carolina and every person who renews his driver's license or permit in South Carolina must be furnished a written request form for completion and verification of liability insurance coverage.
The completed and verified form or an affidavit prepared by the department that neither he, nor a resident relative, owns a motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this chapter, must be completed and delivered to the department at the time the license or permit is issued or renewed."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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