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A64, R168, H3455

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Talley
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3167sl03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 29, 2003
Introduced in the Senate on April 8, 2003
Last Amended on May 29, 2003
Passed by the General Assembly on June 4, 2003
Governor's Action: June 25, 2003, Signed

Summary: Misuse of vital statistics

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/29/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-8
   1/29/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-8
    4/2/2003  House   Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-2
    4/3/2003  House   Read second time HJ-13
    4/3/2003  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-15
    4/4/2003  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-2
    4/8/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-29
    4/8/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-29
   5/28/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-21
   5/29/2003  Senate  Amended SJ-82
   5/29/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-82
    6/3/2003  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-52
    6/4/2003  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-60
    6/5/2003          Ratified R 168
   6/25/2003          Signed By Governor
   6/30/2003          Copies available
   6/30/2003          Effective date 06/25/03
    7/1/2003          Act No. 64

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/29/2003
4/2/2003
5/28/2003
5/29/2003

(A64, R168, H3455)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-161, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL ACTS INVOLVING VITAL STATISTICS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Unlawful acts involving vital statistics; penalties

SECTION    1.    Section 44-63-161 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 44-63-161.    (A)    It is unlawful for a person:

(1)    other than the Department of Health and Environmental Control and county health departments to issue copies or certified copies of birth and death certificates or a document purporting to be a birth or death certificate;

(2)    to wilfully make a false statement in a certificate, record, or report required to be filed by this chapter or a regulation, or in an application for an amendment to or for a certified copy of the certificate, record, or report, or to wilfully supply false information intending that the information be used in the preparation or amendment of the certificate, record, or report;

(3)    without lawful authority to wilfully make, sell, counterfeit, alter, amend, or mutilate a certificate, record, or report required to be filed by this chapter or a regulation or a certified copy of the certificate, record, or report;

(4)    to wilfully obtain, possess, use, sell, furnish to another, or attempt to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another, for the purpose of deception, a certificate, record, report required to be filed by this chapter or a regulation, or a certified copy of these, including a certificate, record, or report or certified copy that has been counterfeited, altered, amended, or mutilated or a document purporting to be the certificate, record, or report;

(5)    to wilfully violate a regulation or an order of the department relative to recording, reporting, or filing information for the Bureau of Vital Records.

(B)    A person who violates a provision of item (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(C)    A person who violates a provision of item (5) of subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 5th day of June, 2003.

Approved the 25th day of June, 2003.

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