Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4329 Primary Sponsor:Corning Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Forgery Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:DKA/3032AL.94 Introduced Date:19940111 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940111 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Corning Snow Rudnick Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- ------------ 4329 House 19940111 Introduced, read first time, 25 referred to Committee 4329 House 19931201 Prefiled, referred to 25 CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTION 16-13-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FORGERY, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-13-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 184 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 16-13-10. (A) It is unlawful for a person to:
(1) falsely make, forge, or counterfeit; cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited; or wilfully act or assist in the false making, forging, or counterfeiting of any writing or instrument of writing;
(2) utter or publish as true any false, forged, or counterfeited writing or instrument of writing;
(3) falsely make, forge, counterfeit, alter, change, deface, or erase; or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, counterfeited, altered, changed, defaced, or erased any record or plat of land; or
(4) willingly act or assist in any of the premises, with an intention to defraud any person.
(B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a:
(1) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten seven years if the amount of the forgery is five thousand dollars or more.
(2) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than five years if the amount of the forgery is less than five thousand dollars but more than one thousand dollars.
(3) misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court if the amount of the forgery is one thousand dollars or less. Upon conviction, the person must be fined or imprisoned not more than is permitted by law without presentment or indictment by the grand jury.
If the forgery does not involve involves a dollar amount less than twenty dollars, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined punished in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.