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Bill 819

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      819
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020108
Primary Sponsor:                  Courson
All Sponsors:                     Courson, Leventis, Grooms, Richardson, 
                                  Hayes, Peeler, Fair, Thomas, Martin, Ryberg, 
                                  Hawkins, Gregory, Giese, J. Verne Smith, 
                                  Leatherman, McConnell, Verdin
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22213cm02.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          DUI, third or subsequent offense, photo 
                                  and notice of conviction to be published


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020108  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  20011219  Prefiled, referred to Committee        11 SJ


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-2942 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CLERK OF THE COURT IN WHICH A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, ANOTHER DRUG, OR A COMBINATION OF DRUGS OR SUBSTANCES MUST PUBLISH AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CONVICTED PERSON A NOTICE OF THE PERSON'S CONVICTION AND HIS PICTURE IN THE MANNER LEGAL NOTICES ARE PUBLISHED IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE PERSON RESIDES OR, FOR NONRESIDENTS, IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE PERSON WAS CONVICTED.

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-5-2942. (A) The clerk of the court in which a person is convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, another drug, or a combination of drugs or substances must publish at the expense of the convicted person a notice of conviction of the person in the manner legal notices are published in the county in which the person resides or, for nonresidents, in the county in which the person was convicted.

(B) The notice must be one column wide by two inches long and contain:

(1) the photograph of the person taken by the arresting law enforcement agency at the time he was arrested;

(2) the person's name and address; and

(3) the date, time, and place of the arrest, and the disposition of the case.

The notice must be published once during the second week after the person is convicted or as soon as is possible following the person's conviction."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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