H*4675 (Rat #0424, Act #0306 of 2004) General Bill, By Harrison
Summary: Litter gathering labor as sentence for littering mandatory, cannot be suspended, exceptions, monetary penalties
    AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-700, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LITTERING, SO AS TO REVISE THE SENTENCE THAT MAY BE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS PROVISION, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN THE SENTENCE FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION INCLUDES LITTER-GATHERING, THE LITTER-GATHERING PORTION IS MANDATORY, HOWEVER THE COURT MAY DIRECT THE PERSON TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL MONETARY PENALTY INSTEAD OF THE SENTENCE, TO PROVIDE THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN PROBATION MAY BE GRANTED INSTEAD OF A LITTER-GATHERING SENTENCE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS COLLECTED INSTEAD OF A MANDATORY LITTER-GATHERING SENTENCE, AND TO PROVIDE WHEN A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION CONSTITUTES A PRIOR VIOLATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS SECTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-25-20, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRAFFIC CITATIONS, SO AS TO REVISE THIS SECTION TO INCLUDE A DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SUMMONS FOR CERTAIN LITTERING VIOLATIONS. - ratified title
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02/03/04	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-13
02/03/04	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-13
04/20/04	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-2
04/21/04	House	Amended HJ-63
04/21/04	House	Read second time HJ-67
04/22/04	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-40
04/22/04		Scrivener's error corrected
04/27/04	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-8
04/27/04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-8
05/12/04	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-19
05/13/04	Senate	Amended SJ-18
05/13/04	Senate	Read second time SJ-18
05/13/04	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-18
06/02/04	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-64
06/03/04	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-21
06/03/04		Ratified R 424
09/08/04		Signed By Governor
09/13/04		Copies available
09/13/04		Effective date 09/08/04
09/14/04		Act No. 306