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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3402 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010131 Primary Sponsor:Harrison All Sponsors:Harrison, Rodgers Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\ggs\22798cm01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Sheriffs, badges of described, unlawful for person other than sheriff or deputy to wear; Law Enforcement History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010221 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Rodgers House 20010131 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976. BY ADDING SECTION 23-15-140 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFICIAL BADGE TO BE WORN BY THE STATE'S SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON OTHER THAN A SHERIFF OR A DEPUTY SHERIFF TO WEAR AN OFFICIAL SHERIFF'S BADGE OR TO WEAR A SIMILAR INSIGNIA, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS PROVISION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 23-15-140. (A) To provide for uniformity among sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and to aid the public in identifying a sheriff and deputy sheriff, a badge that consists of or incorporates the shape of a five or six-pointed star with a replica of the Great Seal of South Carolina inscribed in its center is the official badge to be worn by all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs throughout the State.
(B) It is unlawful for a person who is not a sheriff or deputy sheriff to wear the official badge described in subsection (A), or to wear a badge or insignia similar to the official badge that is indistinguishable from a distance of at least twenty feet.
(C) A person who violates the provisions contained in this section, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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