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TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-20 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO STATUTORY AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES IN MURDER CASES, TO ADD TO THE LIST OF AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES THE KILLING OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-3-20(C)(a)(7) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(7) The murder of a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer or former federal, state, or local law enforcement officer, peace officer or former peace officer, corrections officer or former corrections officer, including a county or municipal corrections officer or a former county or municipal corrections officer, a county or municipal detention facility employee or former county or municipal detention facility employee, emergency medical service provider as defined in Section 16-3-635(A)(1), or fireman or former fireman during or because of the performance of his official duties."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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