Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 1571 Ratification Number: 805 Act Number 791 Introducing Body: Senate Subject: Manufacture of military firearms
(A791, R805, S1571)
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR MILITARY FIREARMS MANUFACTURED BY A FIRM LOCATED IN RICHLAND COUNTY, LICENSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND SUBJECT TO THE FEDERAL GUN CONTROL ACT TO BE LEGALLY MANUFACTURED, POSSESSED, AND SOLD IN RICHLAND COUNTY BY THE MANUFACTURER, PROVIDE FOR THE MANUFACTURER'S DUTIES AND PENALTIES, AND DEFINE "MILITARY FIREARMS".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Manufacture of military firearms
SECTION 1. Military firearms manufactured by a firm located in Richland County and licensed by the federal government and subject to the Federal Gun Control Act may be legally manufactured, possessed, and sold in Richland County by the manufacturer without being registered with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division; provided, however, that any serial numbers of all military firearms manufactured by it within thirty days of such manufacture and shall be subject to the penalties for noncompliance as provided in Section 23-21-340. For the purposes of this section "military firearms" means any military weapon, firearm, or destructive device that is manufactured in Richland County for military use by a firm licensed by the federal government pursuant to a contract with the federal government.
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.