Bill Text: SC S0025 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Milli's Law
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-10 - Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry [S0025 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2017-S0025-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 21, TITLE 50 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION OF WATERCRAFT, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON OPERATING A WATER DEVICE THAT COLLIDES WITH ANOTHER WATER DEVICE RESULTING IN DEATH OR GREAT BODILY INJURY MUST SUBMIT TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTS MUST BE ADMINISTERED IF A PASSENGER IN EITHER WATER DEVICE IS UNABLE TO BE LOCATED AFTER THE COLLISION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. This act may be cited as "Milli's Law."
SECTION 2. Article 1, Chapter 21, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-21-107. (A) A person who operates a water device that is involved in a collision with another water device resulting in death or great bodily injury must submit to chemical tests or analysis of his breath, blood, or urine to determine the presence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of both.
(B) The provisions of this section also apply when a passenger in either water device is unable to be located after the collision."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
