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TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-1040, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THREATENING THE LIFE, PERSON, OR FAMILY OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, TEACHER, OR PRINCIPAL, SO AS TO INCLUDE DIRECT OR INDIRECT THREATS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-3-1040(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) It is unlawful for a person knowingly and wilfully to deliver or convey directly or indirectly to a public official or to a teacher or principal of an elementary or secondary school any letter or paper, writing, print, missive, document, or electronic communication or verbal or electronic communication which contains a threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the public official, teacher, or principal, or members a member of his the immediate family of any of them, if the threat is directly related to the professional responsibilities of the public official's official, teacher's teacher, or principal's professional responsibilities principal."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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