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H. 4212
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Jennings, Clemmons, Harrison, Kirsh, G.M. Smith, Wylie, Viers, Hart and Weeks
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Introduced in the House on January 12, 2010
Introduced in the Senate on April 21, 2010
Last Amended on April 20, 2010
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Disturbing schools
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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11/17/2009 House Prefiled
11/17/2009 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/12/2010 House Introduced and read first time HJ-32
1/12/2010 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-32
3/24/2010 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary
HJ-26
3/25/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Viers
4/14/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hart
4/15/2010 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
4/15/2010 House Debate adjourned until Tuesday, April 20, 2010 HJ-41
4/20/2010 House Amended HJ-13
4/20/2010 House Read second time HJ-16
4/21/2010 House Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-7
4/21/2010 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-6
4/21/2010 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-6
4/28/2010 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Rose, Shoopman
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
11/17/2009
3/24/2010
4/20/2010
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AMENDED
April 20, 2010
H. 4212
Introduced by Reps. Jennings, Clemmons, Harrison, Kirsh, G.M. Smith, Wylie, Viers, Hart and Weeks
S. Printed 4/20/10--H.
Read the first time January 12, 2010.
TO AMEND SECTION 16-17-420, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF DISTURBING SCHOOLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT VIOLATIONS OF THE STATUTE MUST BE TRIED IN SUMMARY COURT.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-17-420 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 16-17-420. (A) It shall be is unlawful:
(1) For any person wilfully or unnecessarily (a) to interfere with or to disturb in any way or in any place the students or teachers of any school or college in this State, (b) to loiter about such school or college premises or (c) to act in an obnoxious manner thereon; or
(2) For any person to (a) enter upon any such school or college premises or (b) loiter around the premises, except on business, without the permission of the principal or president in charge for a person who is not a student to wilfully interfere with, disrupt, or disturb the normal operations of a school or college in this State by:
(1) entering upon school or college grounds or property without the permission of the principal or president in charge;
(2) loitering upon or about school or college grounds or property, after notice is given to vacate the grounds or property and after having reasonable opportunity to vacate;
(3) initiating a physical assault on, or fighting with, another person on school or college grounds or property;
(4) being loud or boisterous on school or college grounds or property after instruction by school or college personnel to refrain from the conduct;
(5) threatening physical harm to a student or school or college employee while on school or college grounds or property; or
(6) threatening the use of deadly force on school or college property or involving school or college grounds or property when the person has the present ability, or is reasonably believed to have the present ability, to carry out the threat.
For the purposes of this subsection, 'person who is not a student' means a person who is not enrolled in, or who is suspended or expelled from, the school or college that the person interferes with, disrupts, or disturbs at the time the interference, disruption, or disturbance occurs.
(B) Any A person violating any of the provisions who violates a provision of this section shall be is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one two thousand dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than thirty ninety days nor more than ninety days one year.
(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, and 22-3-550, a violation of the provisions of this section must be tried exclusively in summary court, unless the juvenile is under the jurisdiction of the family court.
(D) The provisions of this section do not apply to school sponsored athletic events."
SECTION 2. Section 63-19-1020 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 361 of 2008, is amended to read:
"Section 63-19-1020. (A) The parent or custodian of a child, an official of a child welfare board, a public official charged by law with the care of the poor, the recognized agents of an agency, association, society, or institution, a person having knowledge or information of a nature which convinces the person that a child is delinquent or that a child, by reason of his own acts in accordance with this chapter, is subject to the jurisdiction of the court, any person who has suffered injury through the delinquency of a child, or an officer having an arrested child in charge, may institute a proceeding respecting the child.
(B) However, prior to the Department of Juvenile Justice accepting a referral for the status offense of incorrigibility or the filing of a petition against a child for incorrigibility, the party seeking to institute a proceeding against a child for incorrigibility shall provide documentation indicating that family counseling involving the parent, guardian, or custodian and the child previously was sought in an attempt to address the incorrigible behavior of the child. This family counseling may be obtained from a variety of community resources including, but not limited to, family or individual counseling with a licensed therapist, counselor, or clergy member; parent improvement classes; or other family therapy services that evidence a previous reasonable effort by the parent, guardian, or custodian to resolve the challenges confronting the family unit. If no prior assistance was sought, the department shall refer the parent or guardian to assistance that is available locally in their home community or shall provide this assistance to the family."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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