Current Status Bill Number:38 Ratification Number:113 Act Number:51 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970114 Primary Sponsor:Land All Sponsors:Land and Giese Drafted Document Number:council\legis\bills\dka Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19970520 Date of Last Amendment:19970506 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19970605 Subject:Highway Patrol Division, service revolver of trooper killed in line of duty; law enforcement, weapons
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19970619 Act No. A51 ------ 19970605 Signed by Governor ------ 19970604 Ratified R113 Senate 19970520 Concurred in House amendment, enrolled for ratification House 19970507 Read third time, returned to Senate with amendment House 19970506 Amended, read second time House 19970501 Debate adjourned until Tuesday, 19970506 House 19970430 Debate adjourned until Thursday, 19970501 House 19970429 Debate adjourned until Wednesday, 19970430 House 19970424 Committee report: Favorable with 21 HEPW amendment House 19970205 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Senate 19970205 Read third time, sent to House Senate 19970204 Read second time Senate 19970204 Committee amendment adopted Senate 19970130 Committee report: Favorable with 11 SJ amendment Senate 19970114 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A51, R113, S38)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-6-100, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE HIGHWAY PATROL DIVISION, AND STATE POLICE DIVISION AND THEIR DISTINCTIVE UNIFORMS AND EMBLEMS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE HIGHWAY PATROL DIVISION TO TRANSFER THE SERVICE SIDEARM OF AN ACTIVE DUTY TROOPER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY TO THE TROOPER'S SURVIVING SPOUSE AT NO CHARGE UPON REQUEST ONCE THE REVOLVER HAS BEEN RENDERED INOPERABLE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Service sidearm
SECTION 1. Section 23-6-100 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 335 of 1994, is further amended by adding at the end:
"(E) The South Carolina Highway Patrol Division shall transfer the service sidearm of an active duty trooper killed in the line of duty to the trooper's surviving spouse upon request at no charge once the sidearm has been rendered permanently inoperable."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 5th day of June, 1997.