Current Status Bill Number:328 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Hayes All Sponsors:Hayes Drafted Document Number:3522CM.95 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Controlled substance distribution within school district
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Senate 19950110 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-445, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITHIN PROXIMITY OF A SCHOOL, SO AS TO MAKE THIS CRIME A SEPARATE CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-53-445(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 184 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"(A) It is unlawful a separate criminal offense for a person to distribute, sell, purchase, manufacture, or to unlawfully possess with intent to distribute, a controlled substance while in, on, or within a one-half mile radius of the grounds of a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school; a public playground or park; a public vocational or trade school or technical educational center; or a public or private college or university."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.