Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3168 Ratification Number:565 Act Number:2 of 1995 Primary Sponsor:Kirsh Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Public record, penalty for destroying Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19940526 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19950103 Computer Document Number:EGM/22282.DW Introduced Date:19930119 Date of Last Amendment:19940524 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:19950103 Last History Type:Signed by Governor Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Kirsh Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved
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3168 ------ 19950103 Act No. 2 of 1995
3168 ------ 19950103 Signed by Governor
3168 ------ 19940602 Ratified R 565
3168 House 19940526 Concurred in Senate
amendment, enrolled for
ratification
3168 Senate 19940525 Read third time, returned to
House with amendment
3168 Senate 19940524 Amended, read second time
3168 Senate 19940518 Committee Report: Favorable 11
with amendment
3168 Senate 19930428 Introduced, read first time, 11
referred to Committee
3168 House 19930427 Read third time, sent to
Senate
3168 House 19930422 Read second time
3168 House 19930421 Committee Report: Favorable 21
3168 House 19930120 Referred to Committee 21
3168 House 19930120 Recalled from Committee 27
3168 House 19930119 Introduced, read first time, 27
referred to Committee
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(A2, R565, H3168)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 30-1-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PENALTY FOR UNLAWFULLY REMOVING, DEFACING, OR DESTROYING A PUBLIC RECORD, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION AND GIVE MAGISTRATES AND MUNICIPAL COURTS JURISDICTION TO TRY VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Public record, penalty for destroying, etc.
SECTION 1. Section 30-1-30 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 546 of 1990, is further amended to read:
"Section 30-1-30. A person who unlawfully removes a public record from the office where it usually is kept or alters, defaces, mutilates, secretes, or destroys it is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. Magistrates and municipal courts have jurisdiction to try violations of this section."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 3rd day of January, 1995.