South Carolina General Assembly
106th Session, 1985-1986

Bill 2334

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2334
Ratification Number:       105
Act Number:                67
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                        Maximum fine penalty for conviction
                           for shoplifting
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(A67, R105, H2334)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-13-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SHOPLIFTING, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM FINE PENALTY FOR CONVICTION FOR SHOPLIFTING MERCHANDISE VALUED AT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS FROM ONE HUNDRED TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.

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

Penalty

SECTION 1. Item (1) of subsection (B) of Section 16-13-110 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(1) By a fine of not more than six hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, for the first offense. If the value of the shoplifted merchandise is less than fifty dollars, the punishment must be a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.