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S. 546
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Massey
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Introduced in the Senate on March 14, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Convictions
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/14/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 9)
3/14/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 9)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 16-1-57 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY CRIMES, TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY VIOLATIONS OCCURRING WITHIN TEN YEARS OF, INCLUDING AND PRECEDING, THE DATE OF THE LAST VIOLATION SHALL CONSTITUTE PRIOR VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS SECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-1-57 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 16-1-57. A person convicted of an offense for which the term of imprisonment is contingent upon the value of the property involved must, upon conviction for a third or subsequent offense, be punished as prescribed for a Class E felony. Only those violations that occurred within ten years of, including and immediately preceding, the date of the last violation shall constitute prior violations within the meaning of this section."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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