H*3528(Rat #0235, Act #0202 of 2008)  General Bill, By M.A. Pitts, Stewart, 
G.M. Smith, Merrill, Bedingfield, Perry, Davenport, Bingham, Brantley, Chellis, 
Delleney, Hinson, Jefferson, Knight, Lowe, Mulvaney, J.M. Neal, Ott, Owens, 
Stavrinakis, Toole, Vick, White, Williams, Young, Mahaffey and Umphlett
 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-31-215, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF CONCEALABLE WEAPON PERMITS, SO AS TO
 RESTRICT THE CIRCUMSTANCES UPON WHICH THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
 (SLED) MAY RELEASE ITS LIST OF PERMIT HOLDERS, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO
 POSSESSES A LIST OF PERMIT HOLDERS OBTAINED FROM SLED MUST DESTROY THE LIST,
 AND TO PROVIDE THAT DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF EACH YEAR, SLED MUST PUBLISH A
 REPORT THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING PERMITS ISSUED, RENEWED,
 DENIED, SUSPENDED, AND REVOKED DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR. - ratified title

   02/14/07  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-40
   02/14/07  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-40
   05/15/07  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary HJ-14
   05/16/07  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor:
                     Mahaffey, Umphlett
   05/16/07  House  Amended HJ-141
   05/16/07  House  Read second time HJ-143
   05/16/07  House  Roll call Yeas-102  Nays-0 HJ-143
   05/17/07  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-15
   05/22/07  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-14
   05/22/07  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-14
   05/25/07  Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hawkins (ch), Sheheen,
                     Lourie, Vaughn SJ-12
   02/27/08  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary SJ-12
   02/28/08  Senate Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-13
   02/28/08  Senate Read second time SJ-13
   03/06/08  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-3
   03/13/08  House  Debate adjourned on Senate amendments until
                     Tuesday, March 25, 2008 HJ-30
   03/25/08  House  Senate amendment amended HJ-42
   03/25/08  House  Returned to Senate with amendments HJ-43
   03/27/08  Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-45
   04/10/08         Ratified R 235
   04/16/08         Signed By Governor
   04/21/08         Copies available
   04/21/08         Effective date 04/16/08
   04/28/08         Act No. 202

(A202, R235, H3528)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-31-215, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF CONCEALABLE WEAPON PERMITS, SO AS TO RESTRICT THE CIRCUMSTANCES UPON WHICH THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION (SLED) MAY RELEASE ITS LIST OF PERMIT HOLDERS, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO POSSESSES A LIST OF PERMIT HOLDERS OBTAINED FROM SLED MUST DESTROY THE LIST, AND TO PROVIDE THAT DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF EACH YEAR, SLED MUST PUBLISH A REPORT THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING PERMITS ISSUED, RENEWED, DENIED, SUSPENDED, AND REVOKED DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

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

Concealable weapon permits

SECTION    1.    Section 23-31-215(I) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(I)    SLED must maintain a list of all permit holders and the current status of each permit. SLED may release the list of permit holders or verify an individual's permit status only if the request is made by a law enforcement agency to aid in an official investigation, or if the list is required to be released pursuant to a subpoena or court order. SLED may charge a fee not to exceed its costs in releasing the information under this subsection. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person in possession of a list of permit holders obtained from SLED must destroy the list."

Concealable weapon permits

SECTION    2.    Section 23-31-215 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:

"(T)    During the first quarter of each calendar year, SLED must publish a report of the following information regarding the previous calendar year:

(1)    the number of permits;

(2)    the number of permits that were issued;

(3)    the number of permit applications that were denied;

(4)    the number of permits that were renewed;

(5)    the number of permit renewals that were denied;

(6)    the number of permits that were suspended or revoked; and

(7)    the name, address, and county of a person whose permit was revoked, including the reason for the revocation under Section 23-31-215(J)(1).

The report must include a breakdown of such information by county."

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 10th day of April, 2008.

Approved the 16th day of April, 2008.