South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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A204, R222, S959

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Corbin, Hembree and Timmons
Document Path: l:\s-res\tdc\015ille.dmr.tdc.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 1, 2018
Introduced in the House on April 5, 2018
Last Amended on March 29, 2018
Passed by the General Assembly on May 10, 2018
Governor's Action: May 17, 2018, Signed

Summary: Graffiti vandalism

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    2/1/2018  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 4)
    2/1/2018  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 4)
   2/16/2018  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Timmons
   3/21/2018  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 11)
   3/28/2018  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 17)
   3/29/2018  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 10)
   3/29/2018  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 10)
   3/29/2018  Senate  Roll call Ayes-43  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 10)
    4/3/2018          Scrivener's error corrected
    4/5/2018  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 11)
    4/5/2018  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 11)
    5/3/2018  House   Committee report: Favorable Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 43)
    5/9/2018  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 68)
    5/9/2018  House   Roll call Yeas-90  Nays-2 (House Journal-page 68)
   5/10/2018  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 19)
   5/14/2018          Ratified R 222
   5/17/2018          Signed By Governor
   5/24/2018          Effective date 05/17/18
   5/31/2018          Act No. 204

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/1/2018
3/21/2018
3/29/2018
4/3/2018
5/3/2018


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A204, R222, S959)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-770, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ILLEGAL GRAFFITI VANDALISM, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR A FIRST OFFENSE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Graffiti vandalism, first offense penalty revised

SECTION    1.    Section 16-11-770(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(B)    It is unlawful for a person to engage in the offense of illegal graffiti vandalism and, upon conviction, for a:

(1)    first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days;

(2)    second offense, within ten years, is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year; and

(3)    third or subsequent offense within ten years of a first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 14th day of May, 2018.

Approved the 17th day of May, 2018.

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