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Bill 3857

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3857
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010329
Primary Sponsor:                  Loftis
All Sponsors:                     Loftis, Knotts, Leach, Cato, Davenport, 
                                  Fleming, Hamilton, Littlejohn, Perry, Rodgers, 
                                  Simrill, Sinclair, D.C. Smith, J.R. Smith and 
                                  Stille
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5275djc01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Concealable weapons permits, applicant 
                                  who is resident of state less than a year but 
                                  held in prior state may be issued


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010329  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 23-31-215, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMITS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ISSUANCE OF A CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT TO A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE WHO WAS NOT A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE FOR AT LEAST TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE OF HIS APPLICATION IF HE HELD A VALID PERMIT TO CARRY A CONCEALABLE WEAPON FOR TWELVE MONTHS WHILE HE WAS A RESIDENT OF A STATE WITH WHICH SOUTH CAROLINA HAS CONCEALABLE WEAPONS PERMIT RECIPROCITY.

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

SECTION 1.    Section 23-31-215(F) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 464 of 1996, is amended to read:

    "(F)    The permit application form shall require the applicant to certify that:

        (1)    he is not a person prohibited under state law from possessing a weapon;

        (2)    he understands the permit is revoked and must be surrendered immediately to SLED if the permit holder becomes a person prohibited under state law from possessing a weapon;

        (3)    he has either been a resident of this State for at least twelve months preceding the date of his application, or if he was not a resident of this State for at least twelve months preceding the date of his application, he is now a resident of this State and held a valid permit to carry a concealable weapons for twelve months while he was a resident of a state with which South Carolina has concealable weapons permit reciprocity, or he is military personnel on permanent change of station orders; and

        (4)    all information contained in his application is true and correct to the best of his knowledge."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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