South Carolina H 3152: County Clerk of Court

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2025-2026 Bill 3152 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3152

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
56-5-4905 SO AS TO PROVIDE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES ALONG A 
HIGHWAY WITHOUT SPEEDOMETERS MAINTAINED IN GOOD WORKING ORDER, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY 
FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS PROVISION, AND TO PROVIDE PERSONS CHARGED WITH OPERATING 
MOTOR VEHICLES TWENTY MILES AN HOUR OR LESS IN EXCESS OF THE POSTED SPEED 
LIMITS THAT CAN PROVE THEIR VEHICLES' SPEEDOMETERS WERE NOT IN GOOD WORKING 
ORDER, MUST BE CHARGED WITH OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLES WITHOUT SPEEDOMETERS THAT 
ARE MAINTAINED IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.

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

SECTION 1. Article 35, Chapter 5, Title 56 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 Section 
56-5-4905. (A) Every motor vehicle when operated 
on a highway must be equipped with a speedometer which must be maintained in 
good working order.

 (B) A 
person who violates this section must be charged with the offense of "Improper 
Equipment - Speedometer" and upon conviction must be fined not more than 
twenty-five dollars.

 (C) 
Notwithstanding another provision of law, a person who is charged with 
operating a motor vehicle twenty miles an hour or less in excess of the posted 
speed limit and can prove that his vehicle's speedometer was not in good 
working order at the time of being charged, must be charged with violating 
subsection (A).

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

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