Bill Text: SC H3804 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Commercial vehicle driver qualifications

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-03 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [H3804 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-H3804-Introduced.html


A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-2150, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS A PERSON MUST POSSESS TO DRIVE A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PERSON WHO HAS A COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE IS PRESUMED TO POSSESS THE QUALIFICATIONS TO DRIVE A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-1-2150 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 56-1-2150.    A person may is presumed to possess the qualifications necessary to be hired and entrusted to drive a commercial motor vehicle if the person has a commercial driver license issued by a state in accordance with the minimum federal standards for the issuance of commercial motor vehicle driver licenses, if the person's license is not suspended, revoked, or cancelled and if the person is not disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle."

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

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