Bill Text: SC S0936 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Beginner's permit, instruction permit, or driver's license
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-18 - Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works [S0936 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-S0936-Comm_Sub.html
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED AND AMENDED
May 12, 2016
S. 936
Introduced by Senators Shealy, Bryant, Hembree, Alexander and Malloy
S. Printed 5/12/16--S. [SEC 5/16/16 10:10 AM]
Read the first time January 13, 2016.
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-100 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES, TO PROVIDE FOR MINORS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A BEGINNER'S PERMIT, INSTRUCTION PERMIT, OR DRIVER'S LICENSE UNDER THE AUTHORIZATION OF A RESPONSIBLE ADULT WILLING TO ASSUME THE OBLIGATION IMPOSED.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-100 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-1-100. The application of an unemancipated a minor for a beginner's permit, instruction permit, or driver's license must be signed and verified before a person authorized to administer oaths by the father, mother, or guardian or, for all other minors, by a responsible adult appointed by the South Carolina Department of Social Services or the court who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under this article upon a person signing the application of a minor. Upon the extension of a permit pursuant to Section 56-1-50, authorization by the father, mother, guardian, or a responsible adult is not required."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
