Bill Text: SC H4454 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Traffic accident scenes

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-10 - Referred to Committee on Transportation [H4454 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2019-H4454-Amended.html

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AMENDED

March 5, 2020

H. 4454

Introduced by Reps. Long, Chumley, Burns, Allison, Felder, Morgan, Taylor, Jefferson, Brown, Tallon, Yow, Ridgeway, Martin and B. Newton

S. Printed 3/5/20--H.

Read the first time April 11, 2019.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1538, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EMERGENCY SCENE MANAGEMENT, SO AS TO DELETE PROVISIONS THAT REGULATE THE CONDUCT OF A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE APPROACHING AN EMERGENCY SCENE OR EMERGENCY VEHICLE, THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THIS SECTION, AND CERTAIN TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS; BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-1539 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS FOR CERTAIN TERMS, REGULATE THE CONDUCT OF A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC INCIDENT SCENE, AND PROVIDE PENALTIES; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1535, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER AND PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OFFENSE, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERMS "HIGHWAY WORK ZONE" AND "HIGHWAY WORKER"; AND BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-1537 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MUST PROVIDE TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING TO A DRIVER OF A WRECKER OR TOWING SERVICE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-1538(I) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(I)    For purposes of this section:

(1)    'Authorized emergency vehicle' means any ambulance, police, fire, rescue, recovery, or towing vehicle authorized by this State, county, or municipality to respond to a traffic incident.

(2)    'Emergency services personnel' means fire, police, or emergency medical services personnel (EMS), or tow truck operators responding to an emergency incident."

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