Senate Committee Approves Seat Belt Enforcement Bill Thursday May 22, 2003 5:41am How would you rate the Bush Administration on Homeland Security/Anti-Terror efforts?  Excellent  Good  Fair  Poor  Awful disclaimer  |  results  |  more polls ___  ABC News 4 Interact  ___    • Signup for eNews Alerts    • ABC News 4 Pulse Poll    • Whats Your Opinion?    • Printable Version    • E-Mail This Story Columbia (AP) - A Senate committee has approved a bill that would allow troopers and other police to stop a motorist just for not wearing a seat belt.  Currently, South Carolina law only allows officers to ticket motorists if they are pulled over for another offense.  The Senate Transportation Committee passed the proposal Wednesday on a seven-to-six vote. Anyone convicted of not wearing a seat belt would be fined 25 dollars.  But some senators opposed to the bill will likely keep it from coming before the entire Senate before this session ends June Fifth. » Find More Articles Related To This One » Search The Internet For More On This Topic Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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