H 3488 General Bill, By J.H. Hodges, Fair and Haskins
    A Bill to amend Section 12-21-2720, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to licenses for coin-operated devices, so as to provide that no county or municipality may limit the number of machines within the jurisdiction and delete references to local license fee limits; to amend Section 12-21-2746, relating to the levy of an additional local license tax, so as to authorize counties and municipalities to license the premises on which certain types of coin-operated devices may be installed and to provide maximum fees for such licenses, to provide the procedures for paying these fees, to make it unlawful to maintain the devices without the applicable local license, and to provide penalties for violations, to provide for periods of revocation of the license if a licensee or agent of the licensee is convicted of a gambling offense; and to repeal Section 16-19-60, relating to nonapplication of various gambling offenses to coin-operated nonpayout machines with a free play feature and the clarification that the Section does not authorize machines which dispense money to players.
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02/11/93	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-32
02/11/93	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-33
01/18/94	House	Tabled in committee