Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:20 Primary Sponsor:Passailaigue Committee Number:04 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Students, paging devices prohibited Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Education Computer Document Number:20 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Sep 10, 1990 Last History Type:Prefiled, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Passailaigue Setzler Giese Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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20 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 04
time, referred to Committee
20 Senate Sep 10, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 04
Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-280, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF PAGING DEVICES BY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THEIR POSSESSION UNLESS AUTHORIZED, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR POSSESSION OF A DEVICE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FORFEITURE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 63, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-63-280. (A)
For purposes of this section, 'paging device' means a telecommunications device that emits an audible signal, vibrates, displays a message, or otherwise summons or delivers a communication to the possessor.
(B) A student in grades kindergarten through twelve in the public schools may not possess a paging device while on school property or while attending a school sponsored or school related activity on or off school property, unless the student is in attendance in the capacity of an active member of a volunteer firefighting organization or a volunteer emergency medical service organization.
(C) The board of trustees of each school district shall include the prohibition in subsection (A) of this section in the district's written standards of student conduct. A student who violates the prohibition is subject to discipline as provided by board policy, consistent with this subsection.
(D) A person who discovers a student in possession of a paging device in violation of this section shall report the violation to the appropriate school administrator, as determined by school policy, who shall order a peace officer or appropriate school employee to confiscate the device, which is forfeited to the school district."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.