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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3997 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990427 Primary Sponsor:Harvin All Sponsors:Harvin Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\dka\3479mm99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Stink bomb, possession of prohibited on school property or while attending actvity by; Crimes, Weapons, School districts History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990427 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND ARTICLE 3, CHAPTER 63, TITLE 59, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DISCIPLINE OF PUPILS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BY ADDING SECTION 59-63-290 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF A STINK BOMB ON SCHOOL PROPERTY OR WHILE ATTENDING A SCHOOL ACTIVITY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 63, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-63-290. (A) For purposes of this section, 'stink bomb' means a device that emits a strong foul or suffocating odor when activated.
(B) A student in the public schools may not possess a stink bomb while on school property or while attending a school sponsored or school related activity on or off school property.
(C) The board of trustees of each school district shall include the prohibition in subsection (B) 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 stink bomb 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.
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