Current Status Bill Number:1016 Ratification Number:305 Act Number:279 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19960111 Primary Sponsor:Martin All Sponsors:Martin Drafted Document Number:res9836.lam Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960419 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19960506 Subject:Warning upon entering premises
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19960515 Act No. A279 ------ 19960506 Signed by Governor ------ 19960430 Ratified R305 House 19960419 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 19960418 Unanimous consent for third reading on the next Legislative day House 19960418 Read second time House 19960417 Committee report: Favorable 25 HJ House 19960313 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Senate 19960312 Read third time, sent to House Senate 19960307 Read second time Senate 19960306 Committee report: Favorable 11 SJ Senate 19960111 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A279, R305, S1016)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-620, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OFFENSES OF ENTERING THE PREMISES OF ANOTHER PERSON AFTER WARNING AND REFUSING TO LEAVE THE PREMISES OF ANOTHER PERSON ON REQUEST, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE WARNING REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION FOR THE OFFENSE OF ENTERING THE PREMISES OF ANOTHER PERSON AFTER WARNING MUST HAVE BEEN MADE WITHIN THE PRECEDING SIX MONTHS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Entering the premises of another
SECTION 1. Section 16-11-620 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 16-11-620. Any person who, without legal cause or good excuse, enters into the dwelling house, place of business, or on the premises of another person after having been warned not to do so or any person who, having entered into the dwelling house, place of business, or on the premises of another person without having been warned fails and refuses, without good cause or good excuse, to leave immediately upon being ordered or requested to do so by the person in possession or his agent or representative shall, on conviction, be fined not more than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
All municipal courts of this State as well as those of magistrates may try and determine criminal cases involving violations of this section occurring within the respective limits of such municipalities and magisterial districts. All peace officers of the State and its subdivisions shall enforce the provisions hereof within their respective jurisdictions.
The provisions of this section shall be construed as being in addition to, and not as superseding, any other statutes of the State relating to trespass or entry on lands of another."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 6th day of May, 1996.