Current Status Bill Number:4758 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980304 Primary Sponsor:Meacham All Sponsors:Meacham, Stuart, Neilson, Battle, Mullen, J. Hines and Hawkins Drafted Document Number:pt\1775dw.98 Companion Bill Number:999 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Litter, operator of conveyance from which thrown or dumped considered violator; Conservation, Crimes and Offenses
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House 19980304 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
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TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-700, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CRIME OF LITTERING, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT THE OPERATOR OF A CONVEYANCE HAS VIOLATED THIS SECTION WHEN LITTER IS THROWN, DEPOSITED, DROPPED, OR DUMPED FROM A CONVEYANCE, AND TO CREATE A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT A PERSON HAS VIOLATED THIS SECTION WHEN HIS NAME IS DISCOVERED ON LITTER WHICH HAS BEEN DEPOSITED ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-11-700 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 36U, Part II, Act 497 of 1994, is further amended by adding at the end:
"(G)(1) Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped, or dumped from any motor vehicle, boat, airplane, or other conveyance in violation of this section, it is a rebuttable presumption that the operator of the conveyance has violated this section.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (G)(1) of this section, whenever any litter which is dumped, deposited, thrown, or left on public or private property in violation of this section is discovered to contain any article or articles including, but not limited to, letters, bills, publications, or other writings which display the name of a person on them in such a manner as to indicate that the article belongs or belonged to the person, it is a rebuttable presumption that the person has violated this section.
(H) With the permission of the court, the enforcing agency may publish the names of persons convicted of violating this section."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.