Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4308 Primary Sponsor:Simrill Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Shoplifting Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:PT/22228AL.94 Introduced Date:19940111 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940111 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Simrill Kirsh Snow Rudnick Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved
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4308 House 19940111 Introduced, read first time, 25
referred to Committee
4308 House 19931201 Prefiled, referred to 25
Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 16-13-110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR SHOPLIFTING, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN SECOND, THIRD, AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-13-110(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 184 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"(B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a:
(1) (a) misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, upon conviction for a first offense, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days six months if the value of the shoplifted merchandise is one thousand dollars or less.;
(b) misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, upon conviction for a second offense, must be imprisoned not more than one year if the value of the shoplifted merchandise is one thousand dollars or less;
(c) misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, upon conviction for a third offense, must be imprisoned not more than three years if the value of the shoplifted merchandise is less than one thousand dollars.
(2) felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, if the value of the shoplifted merchandise is more than one thousand dollars but less than five thousand dollars.
(3) felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years if the value of the shoplifted merchandise is five thousand dollars or more."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.