Senator Massey proposes the following amendment (SR-3594.JG0143S):

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

SECTION X. Chapter 31, Title 23 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 Section 23-31-246. (1) When carrying a firearm, a person must inform a law enforcement officer of the fact that he is carrying a firearm when the officer is conducting an otherwise lawful stop, detention, or investigation.
 (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.