Senator MATTHEWS proposed the following amendment (CM\3094C001.GT.CM21):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

/SECTION___. Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 23-31-250. A person who unlawfully carries a concealable or open carry weapon in a manner for which no penalty is contained in this chapter:

(1) for a first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than one year;

(2) for a second offense is guilty of a felony and , upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than two years; or

(3) for a third or subsequent offense is guilty of a felony and , upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years." /