H*3456 (Rat #0264, Act #0172 of 1989) General Bill, By M.D. Burriss and T.F. Rogers
    A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 16-23-55 so as to provide a procedure for holding, advertising, and returning a pistol to the person who found and turned the pistol in to a law enforcement agency; and to amend Section 23-31-180, relating to the prohibition of a licensed retail dealer to possess in his place of business a pistol or handgun which melts at a temperature of less than eight hundred degrees fahrenheit and the requirement that a pistol or handgun possessed or sold in violation of Article 3, Chapter 31, Title 23 is declared contraband, so as to provide that a dealer, in addition to possessing a pistol or handgun previously described, may not hold, store, handle, sell, or offer for sale the pistol or handgun, and to prohibit a dealer from possessing or selling a pistol or handgun in violation of the Article, and to authorize a law enforcement agent to register and use these weapons in the line of duty.-amended title
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02/08/89	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-13
02/08/89	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-13
04/19/89	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-8
04/20/89	House	Debate interrupted HJ-46
04/25/89	House	Amended HJ-2
04/25/89	House	Read second time HJ-2
04/26/89	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-15
04/27/89	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-11
04/27/89	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-11
05/24/89	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-38
05/25/89	Senate	Amended SJ-38
05/25/89	Senate	Read second time SJ-39
05/26/89	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-16
05/29/89	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-46
06/02/89		Ratified R 264
06/08/89		Signed By Governor
06/08/89		Effective date 06/08/89
06/08/89		Act No. 172
06/15/89		Copies available