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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3074 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990112 Primary Sponsor:Limehouse All Sponsors:Limehouse, Simrill, Cato, Emory, Gilham Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\kgh\15063htc99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Gambling Cruise Prohibition Act; Gambling, Watercraft, Crimes and Offenses History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990112 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee House 19981209 Prefiled, referred to Committee 25 HJ Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-19-170, ENACTING THE GAMBLING CRUISE PROHIBITION ACT, SO AS TO PROHIBIT GAMBLING ON A CRAFT THAT EMBARKS AND DISEMBARKS FROM ANY POINT IN THIS STATE AND TO MAKE THIS PROHIBITION APPLY WHETHER OR NOT THE GAMBLING ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED WITHIN THE WATERS OF THIS STATE AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Gambling Cruise Prohibition Act". It is the intent of the General Assembly in enacting this act to reinforce long-standing prohibitions on gambling by reiterating that the gambling offenses provided under the Constitution and laws of this State extend to any craft where voyages begin and end in the waters of this State, consistent with the standards specified in 15 USC 1175(b)(2)(A), commonly referred to as the Johnson Act Amendments of 1992.
SECTION 2. Chapter 19 of Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 16-19-170. It is unlawful for a person to:
(1) violate any provision of this chapter or any other provision of the laws or Constitution of this State prohibiting gambling, however described, on a craft that embarks from any point within the State, and disembarks at the same or another point within the State, during which time the person intentionally causes or knowingly permits gambling activity to be conducted, whether within or without the waters of the State;
(2) manage, supervise, control, operate, or own any craft that embarks from any point within the State, and disembarks at the same or another point within the State, during which time the person intentionally causes or knowingly permits gambling activity which would violate any provision of this chapter or any other provisions of the laws or Constitution of this State prohibiting gambling, however described.
A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, or both. A violation under this section is a separate offense, and nothing in this section precludes prosecution for any other gambling offense."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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