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A219, R247, H3291

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Pope, Burns, Chumley, Bryant, V.S. Moss, Haddon, Forrest and Ligon
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\7302ahb21.docx

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021
Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2021
Last Amended on May 11, 2022
Passed by the General Assembly on May 12, 2022
Governor's Action: May 23, 2022, Signed

Summary: Trespassing

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  House   Prefiled
   12/9/2020  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/12/2021  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 147)
   1/12/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 147)
   1/27/2021  House   Recalled from Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 49)
   1/27/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 49)
   3/11/2021  House   Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural 
                        Resources and Environmental Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 2)
   3/16/2021  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ligon
   3/16/2021  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 11)
   3/16/2021  House   Roll call Yeas-103  Nays-2 (House Journal-page 11)
   3/17/2021  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 21)
   3/17/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
   3/17/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 6)
   3/30/2022  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee:  Climer (ch), Kimpson, 
                        Matthews, Adams, Kimbrell
   4/22/2022  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee:  Talley (ch), Hutto, Matthews, 
                        Climer, Senn, Cash, Harpootlian
    5/4/2022  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
   5/10/2022  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 56)
   5/11/2022  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 12)
   5/12/2022          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/12/2022  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        (Senate Journal-page 111)
   5/12/2022  Senate  Roll call Ayes-40  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 111)
   5/12/2022  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled
   5/12/2022  House   Roll call Yeas-101  Nays-1
   5/18/2022          Ratified R  247
   5/23/2022          Signed By Governor
    6/1/2022          Effective date  05/23/22
    6/1/2022          Act No.  219

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020
3/11/2021
5/4/2022
5/11/2022
5/12/2022

(A219, R247, H3291)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-600, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TRESPASSING AND THE POSTING OF NOTICE OF TRESPASSING, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR A DIFFERENT METHOD OF THE POSTING OF NOTICE OF TRESPASSING INVOLVING CLEARLY VISIBLE PURPLE-PAINTED BOUNDARIES.

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

Notice of trespassing, purple paint

SECTION    1.    Section 16-11-600 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 16-11-600.    (A)    Every entry upon the lands of another, after notice from the owner or tenant has been posted or given prohibiting such entry, is a misdemeanor and must be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not more than thirty days.

(B)    The owner or tenant of any lands may accomplish the posting of notice as follows:

(1)    by posting a notice in four conspicuous places on the borders of such land prohibiting entry thereon; or

(2)    by marking boundaries with a clearly visible purple-painted marking, consisting of one vertical line not less than eight inches in length and two inches in width, and the bottom of the mark not less than three nor more than six feet from the ground or normal water surface. These marks must be affixed to immovable, permanent objects that are not more than one hundred yards apart and readily visible to any person approaching the property.

(C)    When any owner or tenant of any lands shall post a notice as provided in this section, a proof of the posting is deemed and taken as notice conclusive against the person making entry for the purpose of trespassing."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 18th day of May, 2022.

Approved the 23rd day of May, 2022.

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