Bill Text: SC H5161 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Motor vehicles

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-20 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [H5161 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2017-H5161-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-3910 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO SMOKE A TOBACCO PRODUCT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE IN WHICH A MINOR IS A PASSENGER, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "TOBACCO PRODUCT" AND "MINOR", AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 31, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-5-3910.    (A)    It is unlawful for a person to smoke a tobacco product in a motor vehicle while a minor is a passenger.

(B)    As contained in this section:

(1)    'Tobacco product' means a product that contains tobacco and is intended for human consumption.

(2)    'Minor' means a person less than eighteen years old.

(C)    A person who violates this section must be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each violation."

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