H 4942 General Bill, By D. Smith
    A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 44-53-377 so as to provide for the offense of attempting to possess or purchase a controlled or imitation controlled substance and for penalties; to amend Section 16-1-60, as amended, relating to the definition of violent crime, so as to include an additional Section pertaining to drug trafficking; to amend Section 16-19-130, relating to the crimes of betting, pool selling, and bookmaking, so as to revise the penalties; to amend Section 16-19-160, relating to punchboards for gaming, so as to revise the penalties; to amend Section 44-53-370, as amended, relating to the offenses for trafficking in controlled substances, so as to provide additional penalties for trafficking in marijuana; to amend Section 44-53-375, as amended, relating to the offenses pertaining to ice, crank, and crack cocaine, so as to delete the offense for "attempting to possess" the drug and revise the penalties; to amend Section 44-53-391, relating to drug paraphernalia, so as to revise related offenses and penalties; and to amend Section 44-53-450, relating to conditional discharges for the first offense pertaining to illegal drugs, so as to include an additional offense to which the discharge applies and correct an obsolete reference.
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03/17/94	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-10
03/17/94	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-11