Bill 3955

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3955
Ratification Number:       583
Act Number                 517
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Crime of issuing fraudulent checks

(A517, R583, H3955)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 34-11-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CRIME OF ISSUING FRAUDULENT CHECKS, DRAFTS, OR OTHER WRITTEN ORDERS, SO AS TO SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT THE CRIME APPLIES TO ISSUING A FRAUDULENT CHECK, DRAFT, OR OTHER ORDER IN PAYMENT OF STATE TAXES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 34-11-60(a) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(a) It is unlawful for any person, with intent to defraud, in his own name or in any other capacity, to draw, make, utter, issue, or deliver to another any check, draft, or other written order on any bank or depository for the payment of money or its equivalent, whether given to obtain money, services, credit, or property of any kind of nature whatever, or anything of value which includes an obligation or debt of state taxes which is past due or making, uttering, issuing, or delivering the check or draft or other written order the maker or drawer does not have an account in such bank or depository or does not have sufficient funds on deposit with the bank or depository to pay the same on presentation, or if the check, draft, or other written order has an incorrect or insufficient signature on it to be paid upon presentation."

Time effective

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