Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.2334 Ratification Number:105 Act Number:67 Introducing Body:House Subject:Maximum fine penalty for conviction for shoplifting
(A67, R105, H2334)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-13-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SHOPLIFTING, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM FINE PENALTY FOR CONVICTION FOR SHOPLIFTING MERCHANDISE VALUED AT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS FROM ONE HUNDRED TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Penalty
SECTION 1. Item (1) of subsection (B) of Section 16-13-110 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(1) By a fine of not more than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, for the first offense. If the value of the shoplifted merchandise is less than fifty dollars, the punishment must be a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.