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INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

First Published in 1994

INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

H. 4059 Would Require Driver Involved in Fatal Accident to be Tested for alcohol or drugs

The South Carolina House of Representatives Judiciary Sub-Committee met on Thursday, March 4, to consider a bill proposed by Rep. Tommy Stringer of District 18 that includes the Greer-Blue Ridge area of Greenville County. The bill, H. 4059 would require a driver (such as in the recent Ludwig case) to be tested for alcohol or drugs if the accident results in a fatality.

The sub-committee, chaired by Republican Rep. Keith Kelly of Spartanburg, defeated the bill unanimously. Other members of the sub-committee are fellow Republicans Derham Cole of Spartanburg and Tom Young of Aiken. The only Democrat present and voting was Todd Rutherford of Richland County. A second Democrat, Doug Jennings of Marlboro County, was absent.

Observers point out that all members of the Republican dominated sub-committee that killed the bill are trial lawyers.