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TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6450, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF CHILD RESTRAINT LAWS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE FINE FROM TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS AND PROVIDE FOR A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR IMPRISONMENT OF NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS IF INJURY TO A CHILD RESULTS FROM A VIOLATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-6450 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-5-6450. No person shall be subjected to a custodial arrest for violation of the provisions of this article. Any A person violating who violates the provisions of this article shall upon conviction, must be fined not more than twenty-five two hundred dollars. If a violation of this article results in injury to a child, the violator, upon conviction, may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. The court shall waive any the fine against any a person who, before, or upon the appearance date on the summons, supplies the court with evidence of acquisition, purchase, or rental of a child restraint system meeting the requirements of this article.
SECTION 2. The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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