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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3623 Ratification Number:271 Act Number:230 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010222 Primary Sponsor:Allison All Sponsors:Allison, Townsend, Robinson Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20247sd01.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20020410 Date of Last Amendment:20020402 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20020501 Subject:School districts, confiscation of student's paging device, return in manner governed by district policy; Telephones History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20020514 Act No. A230 ------ 20020501 Signed by Governor ------ 20020425 Ratified R271 House 20020410 Concurred in Senate amendment, enrolled for ratification Senate 20020403 Read third time, returned with amendment Senate 20020402 Amended, read second time Senate 20020328 Committee report: Favorable with 04 SED amendment Senate 20010502 Introduced, read first time, 04 SED referred to Committee House 20010501 Read third time, sent to Senate House 20010426 Amended, read second time House 20010426 Request for debate by Representative F.N. Smith House 20010426 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Knotts Coates J.R. Smith Kirsh Thompson House 20010426 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Robinson House 20010419 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Simrill Hayes House 20010418 Request for debate by Representative Simrill Kirsh Moody- Lawrence Hayes Bales Coates G.M. Smith Thompson Knotts J.R. Smith House 20010411 Committee report: Favorable 21 HEPW House 20010222 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on April 11, 2001 - Word format Revised on April 26, 2001 - Word format Revised on March 28, 2002 - Word format Revised on April 2, 2002 - Word format
(A230, R271, H3623)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-63-280, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS POSSESSING PAGING DEVICES ON SCHOOL PROPERTY OR WHILE ATTENDING SCHOOL EVENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PAGING DEVICES FOR PURPOSES OF THE SECTION ALSO INCLUDE MOBILE TELEPHONES AND TO REVISE THE MANNER IN WHICH POSSESSION OF THESE PAGING DEVICES AT SCHOOL ARE REGULATED BY PROVIDING THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ADOPT A POLICY THAT ADDRESSES STUDENT POSSESSION OF PAGING DEVICES, TO PROVIDE THAT THIS POLICY MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT'S WRITTEN STUDENT CONDUCT STANDARDS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT, IF THE POLICY INCLUDES CONFISCATION OF A PAGING DEVICE, IT SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE FOR THE RETURN OF THE DEVICE TO THE OWNER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Mobile telephones included; adoption of policies
SECTION 1. Section 59-63-280 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 24 of 1991, is amended to read:
"Section 59-63-280. (A) For purposes of this section, 'paging device' means a telecommunications, to include mobile telephones, device that emits an audible signal, vibrates, displays a message, or otherwise summons or delivers a communication to the possessor.
(B) The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy that addresses student possession of paging devices as defined in subsection (A). This policy must be included in the district's written student conduct standards. If the policy includes confiscation of a paging device, as defined in subsection (A), it should also provide for the return of the device to the owner."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 25th day of April, 2002.
Approved the 1st day of May, 2002.
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