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SC Code § 56-1-2120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-2120. Driving with measurable amount of alcohol prohibited; possession of alcoholic beverage.

 (A) A person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle within this State while having a measurable amount of alcohol in his body.  (B) A person who drives a commercial motor vehicle within this State while having a measurable amount of alcohol in his system or who refuses to submit to an alcohol test under Section 56-1-2130 must be placed out-of-service for twenty-four hours.  (C) A person who drives a commercial motor vehicle in this State with an alcohol concentration of four one-hundredths of one percent or more must be disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle under Section 56-1-2110.  (D) A person must not be on duty or operate a commercial motor vehicle while he possesses an alcoholic beverage that is not part of the manifest and transported as part of the shipment.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 151, Section 2; 1998 Act No. 258, Section 23.
SC Code § 56-1-2130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-2130. Tests for alcohol or drugs; presumption of consent; administration of tests; warnings; refusal to take test; reports required.

 (A) A person who drives a commercial motor vehicle within this State is considered to have given consent, subject to provisions of Section 56-5-2950, to take a test of that person's blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining that person's alcohol concentration or the presence of other drugs.  (B) Tests may be administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer, who after stopping or detaining the driver of a commercial motor vehicle, has probable cause to believe that the driver was driving a commercial motor vehicle while having a measurable amount of alcohol in his system.  (C) A person requested to submit to a test as provided in subsection (A) must be warned by the law enforcement officer requesting the test, that a refusal to submit to the test must result in that person being placed out of service immediately for twenty-four hours and being disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for not less than one year under Section 56-1-2110.  (D) If the person refuses testing, or submits to a test which discloses an alcohol concentration of four one-hundredths of one percent or more, the law enforcement officer shall submit a report to the Department of Motor Vehicles certifying that the test was requested pursuant to subsection (A) and that the person refused to submit to testing, or submitted to a test which disclosed an alcohol concentration of four one-hundredths of one percent or more.  (E) Upon receipt of the report of a law enforcement officer submitted under subsection (D), the department shall disqualify the driver from driving a commercial motor vehicle under Section 56-1-2110.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 151, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1355; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 126.
SC Code § 56-1-2140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-2140. Report of conviction of nonresident licensee; required action.

 Within ten days after receiving a report of the conviction of a nonresident holder of a commercial driver license for a violation of state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, committed in a commercial motor vehicle, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall notify the driver licensing authority in the licensing state of the conviction.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 151, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1356; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 127.
SC Code § 56-1-2150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-2150. Authorized drivers of commercial motor vehicles.

 A person may 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.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 151, Section 2.
SC Code § 56-1-2156 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-2156. Failure of commercial motor vehicle drivers to comply with lane restrictions.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a commercial motor vehicle driver may not be assessed points against his driving record for failing to comply with lane restrictions posted on the interstate highway system by the Department of Transportation. For purposes of this section, a driver record means a commercial driver's license issued pursuant to Article 13, Chapter 1 of Title 56 and a driver's license issued pursuant to Section 56-1-130 for which points are assessed in Section 56-1-720.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 17, Section 6.
SC Code § 56-1-2160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-2160. Penalties.

 An offense for which no specific penalty is provided by this article must be punished in accordance with Section 56-5-6190.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 151, Section 2.
SC Code § 56-1-2210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-2210. Definitions

 (1) Unless otherwise specified, the terms used in this article have the same meaning as those terms defined in 49 C.F.R. 40.3.  (2) For purposes of this article, "employer" includes all motor carriers or employers who employ drivers who operate commercial motor vehicles and who are required to have a drug and alcohol testing program pursuant to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, 49 C.F.R. 382, or to a consortium to which the carrier or employer belongs and consortiums or third party administrators who perform drug and alcohol testing services pursuant to 49 C.F.R. 382 for an owner-operator.  (3) For purposes of this article, "employee" includes a person holding a resident or nonresident commercial motor vehicle driver's license employed by an employer described in subsection (2) who performs a safety sensitive function, or an owner-operator subject to testing by a consortium or third party administrator who performs drug and alcohol testing services pursuant to 49 C.F.R. 382.  (4) For purposes of this article, "applicant" means a person holding a resident or nonresident commercial motor vehicle driver's license seeking employment with an employer described in subsection (2) who will perform a safety sensitive function as part of his employment.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 232, Section 1, eff May 21, 2008.
SC Code § 56-1-2220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-2220. Providing and testing specimens; reports of refusal to provide and results of tests to employer and department; records; admissibility of test results.

 (A) All employers shall report to the Department of Motor Vehicles within three business days a refusal by an employee or applicant made to the employer to provide a specimen for a drug or alcohol test under circumstances that constitute the refusal of a test under 49 C.F.R. 40.  (B) All medical review officers or breath alcohol technicians hired by or under contract to an employer shall report to the employer within three business days:  (1) a verified positive drug test or positive alcohol confirmation test of an employee or applicant;  (2) a refusal by an employee or applicant to provide a specimen for a drug or alcohol test under circumstances that constitute the refusal of a test under 49 C.F.R. 40; or  (3) the submission of an adulterated specimen, a diluted positive specimen, or a substituted specimen by an employee or applicant.  (C) Employers shall make it a written condition of their contract or agreement with a medical review officer or breath alcohol technician, regardless of the state where the medical review officer or breath alcohol technician is located, that the medical review officer or breath alcohol technician is required to report to the employer the information required by subsection (B).  (D) Upon receipt of the notification from a medical review officer or a breath alcohol technician, employers shall report to the department within three business days:  (1) a verified positive drug test or positive alcohol confirmation test of an employee or applicant;  (2) a refusal by an employee or applicant made to a medical review officer or breath alcohol technician to provide a specimen for a drug or alcohol test under circumstances that constitute the refusal of a test under 49 C.F.R. 40; or  (3) the submission of an adulterated specimen, a diluted positive specimen, or a substituted specimen by an employee or applicant.  (E) The notification required by this section must be made in a manner approved by the department and must include on the notification submitted to the department a coding method that indicates whether the person who is the subject of the notification is an employee or applicant.  (F) An employer must maintain a record of the notification to the department on each employee or applicant for three years.  (G) The records required by this section are subject to inspection by the Department of Public Safety.  (H) Evidence included in a person's motor vehicle record that indicates the person tested positive on a drug or alcohol confirmation test, refused to submit to a drug or alcohol confirmation test, or submitted a diluted or adulterated specimen is not admissible in any action unless probative to demonstrate that the person was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of an accident that is the subject of the action.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 232, Section 1, eff May 21, 2008.
SC Code § 56-1-2230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-2230. Failure to report and employing disqualified employee; fines.

 (A) An employer, medical review officer, or breath alcohol technician who knowingly fails to make a report to the Department of Motor Vehicles as required by this article is subject to a fine of up to five hundred dollars.  (B) An employer who employs a person in a safety sensitive function when the employer knows the employee is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to Section 56-1-2110(G) is subject to a fine of up to two thousand dollars.  (C) The penalties provided by this section do not apply to the State, a state agency, or a political subdivision.  (D) Any person or entity is immune from liability for the good faith performance of any duty imposed by this article.  (E) Fines collected pursuant to this section must be credited to the Department of Public Safety's Transport Police Division.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 232, Section 1, eff May 21, 2008.  ARTICLE 15  Identification Card
SC Code § 56-1-3360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-3360. Misuse of card prohibited.

 It is unlawful for any person to:  (1) alter a special identification card so as to provide false information on the card or to sell or issue a fictitious special identification card;  (2) use a special identification card not issued to the person, an altered special identification card, or a special identification card containing false information to defraud another or violate the law;  (3) to lend his special identification card to any person or knowingly permit its use by another.  Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1357.
SC Code § 56-1-3370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-3370. Size, shape, design, photograph; card to be distinguishable from driver's license.

 The special identification card issued pursuant to this article shall be similar in size, shape, and design to a motor vehicle driver's license, including a color photograph of the person to whom it is issued. Provided, however, that the card shall be readily distinguishable from a driver's license by a difference in color, and there shall be printed on the face of such card a statement that the card does not enable the person to whom it is issued to operate a motor vehicle.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1357.
SC Code § 56-1-3380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-3380. Information submitted in application for card confidential; exceptions.

 Any information obtained from an application for the issuance, renewal, or replacement of a special identification card shall be confidential and shall not be divulged to any person, association, corporation or organization, public or private, except to the legal guardian or attorney of the applicant, or to a person, association, corporation or organization named in writing by the applicant, his legal guardian or his attorney. Provided, however, that this restriction shall not prevent furnishing the application or any information thereon to a law enforcement agency.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1357.
SC Code § 56-1-3400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 1 - Driver's License|Section 56-1-3400. False or fictitious information or fraud a violation.

 Any person who shall use a false or fictitious name or give a fictitious address in any application for an identification card or renewal thereof, or knowingly make a false statement or conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1357.
SC Code § 56-2-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-100. Conditions for operation on street or highway.

 (A) A low speed vehicle may be operated only on a highway for which the posted speed limit is thirty-five miles an hour or less.  (B) A low speed vehicle may cross a highway at an intersection where the highway has a posted speed limit of more than thirty-five miles an hour.  (C) A low speed vehicle must meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 500 (Part 49 Section 571.500 of the Code of Federal Regulations) at all times when operated on any highway. A low speed vehicle that complies with the equipment requirements in 49 C.F.R. Section 571.500 complies with all equipment requirements of this title.  (D) Nothing in this section prevents local governments from adopting more stringent local ordinances governing low speed vehicle operation.  (E) A county or municipality may prohibit the operation of low speed vehicles on any street or highway if the governing body of the county or municipality determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.  (F) The Department of Transportation may prohibit the operation of low speed vehicles on any street or highway if it determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.  (G) A farm vehicle, as defined in Section 56-1-2070(C)(2), is not a low speed vehicle for the purposes of this article.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 170, Section 2, eff 6 months after approval by the Governor (approved June 7, 2005); 2012 Act No. 264, Section 10, eff June 18, 2012.
SC Code § 56-2-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-110. Driver's license and registration card.

 A person operating a low speed vehicle must be at least sixteen years of age and shall hold a valid driver's license. The operator of a low speed vehicle being operated on a highway must have in his possession:  (1) the registration card issued by the department or the registration card issued by the state in which the low speed vehicle is registered; and  (2) his driver's license.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 170, Section 2, eff 6 months after approval by the Governor (approved June 7, 2005).
SC Code § 56-2-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-120. Title requirement; title applications by nonresidents; license plates.

 (A) A low speed vehicle must be titled as specified in this title. The manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin must identify clearly the vehicle as a low speed vehicle and must certify that the vehicle was manufactured in compliance with the equipment requirements for low speed vehicles in 49 C.F.R. Section 571.500. The State shall not issue vehicle identification numbers to homemade low speed vehicles, retrofitted golf carts, or any other similar vehicles, and these vehicles shall not qualify as low speed vehicles in this State.  (B) If the vehicle is owned by a nonresident, but is subject to issuance of a certificate of title in this State, the application must also contain his:  (1) full legal name, social security number, or, if the primary user does not have a social security number but has a passport, his passport number;  (2) driver's license number, whether the license was issued by this State or another jurisdiction;  (3) date of birth;  (4) bona fide principal residence address;  (5) address in this State where the low speed vehicle will be housed and used; and  (6) mailing address of the primary user of the vehicle. If the primary user is a firm, association, or corporation, the application must contain the business address and federal employer identification number of the primary user.  (C) A low speed vehicle must be registered and licensed in the same fashion as passenger vehicles pursuant to this title and is subject to the same insurance requirements applicable to other motor vehicles under this title.  (D) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall establish a special size and class of license plate for low speed vehicles that clearly identifies the vehicle as a low speed vehicle.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 170, Section 2, eff 6 months after approval by the Governor (approved June 7, 2005).
SC Code § 56-2-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-130. Dealer licensing.

 A person engaged in the wholesale or retail sale of low speed vehicles must comply with the motor vehicle dealer licensing laws of this State as specified in this title.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 170, Section 2, eff 6 months after approval by the Governor (approved June 7, 2005).
SC Code § 56-2-2740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-2740. Refusal to renew license and registration for non-payment of property tax; biennial plates; validation and revalidation decals; fees.

 (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles must refuse to renew the driver's license and motor vehicle registration of a person who has not paid personal property taxes within the time limits prescribed in this chapter. A county treasurer or municipal clerk treasurer must forward notification to the department of persons violating the provisions of this chapter. Notification of individuals violating this chapter must be forwarded to the department in the time and manner determined by the department for the proper administration of this section.  (B) The department shall issue biennial license plates and revalidation decals. The department may enter into contracts with persons, corporations, or governmental subdivisions to issue license plates and revalidation decals. The department, person, corporation, or governmental subdivision shall give a motor vehicle owner a license plate or revalidation decal for the tax year for which personal property taxes and biennial fees have been paid pursuant to Section 56-3-253.  (C) All validation decals must be issued for a period not to exceed twelve months, except for vehicles which do not require the payment of property taxes.  (D) A person or corporation that issues license plates or revalidation decals pursuant to this section may charge a fee in excess of the fee charged by the department.  (E) A governmental subdivision that issues license plates or revalidation decals pursuant to this section may charge a one-dollar fee to defray the expenses associated with the issuance of license plates and revalidation decals.  (F) The department shall supervise the provision of services contained in this section.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 459, Section 129; 1997 Act No. 40, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 51, Section 15; 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 9, eff November 19, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 89, Section 9, in (C), added ", except for vehicles which do not require the payment of property taxes".
SC Code § 56-2-3000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3000. Valid moped operator's license required.

 A person operating a moped on a public highway at all times must have in his possession a valid moped operator's license or valid driver's license and moped registration.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-2-3010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3010. Moped registration required; special moped license plates; insurance; taxes.

 (A) A moped operated on a public highway must be registered and licensed with the department in the same fashion as passenger vehicles pursuant to this title.  (B) The department shall establish for mopeds a special size and class of license plates with distinctive numbering and/or lettering so as to be identifiable to law enforcement.  (C) Mopeds are not required to be titled or insured in this State.  (D) Mopeds are exempt from ad valorem property taxes in this State.  (E) If a manufacturer's certificate of origin states the vehicle is a "motor scooter", "motor-driven cycle", or any similar term, the definitions of "motorcycle" and "moped", as shown in Section 56-1-10, must be used to determine whether the vehicle must be registered as a moped or must be titled and registered as a motorcycle.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-2-3020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3020. Mopeds of nonresidents.

 (A) A privately owned and operated moped of a nonresident, otherwise subject to registration and license as provided by this chapter, may be operated within this State without being registered and licensed provided that the moped:  (1) is duly registered or licensed in the state, territory, district, or country of residence of the owner; and  (2) has displayed or issued a valid registration, registration card, license plate or decal, or other indicia satisfactorily evidencing compliance with the requirements of the owner's home jurisdiction.  (B) The moped of a nonresident must be registered and licensed pursuant to this chapter upon the earlier of a nonresident's:  (1) establishment of domicile in this State; or  (2) operation of the moped in this State for an accumulated period exceeding one hundred and eighty days.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.
SC Code § 56-2-3030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 56 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 2 - Specialized Vehicles|Section 56-2-3030. Application for registration and licensing of mopeds.

 An owner of a moped required to be registered in this State must make application to the department for the registration and licensing of the moped. The application must be made upon the appropriate form furnished by the department. Every application must bear the signature of the owner.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 89 (H.3247), Section 10, eff November 19, 2018.