Be sure to thank Lori for working for us, as the State Secretary of ABATE of South Carolina.  You can contact Lori here.

Be sure to thank Rhonda for working for us, as the State Membership Coordinator of ABATE of South Carolina.  You can contact Rhonda here.

With the helmet bill S.1046 and so much legislation this year, we are having a second and third Lobby Day.  Join us Wednesday, February 8th and again Wednesday, March 14th. We will meet at 9:00 a.m. by the John Calhoun Statue. Join in the fun and enjoy walking the halls of your State House with ABATE of SC to make sure your representatives are looking out for your best interest, not the interests of others!

South Carolina bills:

• S.1046 Helmet Amendment Bill. This bill will make it illegal for adults over the age of 21 to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.
• S.0255 Raffle Bill. This bill will make it legal for non profits to have raffles, poker runs, dice games for charitable events. It may also allow Casino Nights.
• H.4691 Equal Access Bill. This bill will allow motorcycles equal access to public facilities that are funded by tax payer dollars.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - January 10th, 2012 - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley laid out her first veto threat of the session, saying Tuesday she will reject stricter helmet rules if they reach her desk.

[read more at therepublic.com]

H 4653 General Bill, By Daning and Crosby (links to bill)
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-3630, RELATING TO THE MANNER IN WHICH A
MOTORCYCLE MUST BE OPERATED, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO TRANSPORT
A PERSON WHO IS SEVEN YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER ON A MOTORCYCLE.

01/24/12  House  Introduced and read first time
01/24/12  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Judiciary
(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)
A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-3630, RELATING TO THE MANNER IN WHICH A MOTORCYCLE MUST BE OPERATED, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO TRANSPORT A PERSON WHO IS SEVEN YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER ON A MOTORCYCLE.

(from Chad Fuller, Tom McGrath's Motorcycle Law Group)

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am pleased to announce that, in a time when it seems that the representatives at the State House keep filing bills that we as motorcyclists need to oppose to protect our freedoms, we now have a bill to fight for.  Today, Representative Todd Atwater filed the equal access bill we have been eagerly awaiting since this year's lobby day.  The bill is included below and has been referred to the Committee on Education and Public Works.  Please contact your representative as well as representatives on the Committee to let them know how important this bill is to us.  If we are successful, motorcyclists will no longer be denied access to the very facilities our tax dollars went to build.  I have included the contact information for each of the committee members below.  It would also be helpful if you could contact Representative Atwater, a member of ABATE, and let him know how much we appreciate his help in getting this bill introduced.  Todd's email is: ToddAtwater@schouse.gov I will forward more information as it becomes available.

Arrive at 12 p.m. on the 4th to eat before the Legislative meeting.

Attachments:

2012-02-04 Legislative Flier 2-4-12 and 2-25-12.pdf

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Be sure to welcome Bill and thank him for his service to ABATE of South Carolina. Bill's contact info and the Rock Hill chapter meeting/location information is in the High Country area section of the Chapters and Meetings page:

http://abatesc.com/web/Menu/chapters-and-meetings.html#hc