South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 4760

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Tallon, Brannon, Allison, Chumley, Clary, Cole and Hicks
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7209ahb16.docx

Introduced in the House on January 27, 2016
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Obscene material

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/27/2016  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 82)
   1/27/2016  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 82)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/27/2016

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-15-360 SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF PERSONS AFFILIATED WITH A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, OR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY DISSEMINATING OBSCENE MATERIAL TO A STUDENT, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 3, Chapter 15, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 16-15-360.    (A) For purposes of this section:

(1)    'Person affiliated with a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school in an official capacity' means an administrator, teacher, substitute teacher, teacher's assistant, student teacher, law enforcement officer, school bus driver, guidance counselor, or coach who is affiliated with a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school but is not a student enrolled in the school.

(2)    'Secondary school' means either a junior high school or a high school.

(3)    'Student' means a person who is enrolled in a school.

(B)    A person affiliated with a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school in an official capacity who knowingly disseminates to a student material which he knows, or reasonably should know, to be obscene within the meaning of Section 16-15-305 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than ten years."

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

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