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Bill 3402

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3402
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010131
Primary Sponsor:                  Harrison
All Sponsors:                     Harrison, Rodgers
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22798cm01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Sheriffs, badges of described, unlawful 
                                  for person other than sheriff or deputy to 
                                  wear; Law Enforcement


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010221  Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.            Rodgers
House   20010131  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976. BY ADDING SECTION 23-15-140 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFICIAL BADGE TO BE WORN BY THE STATE'S SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON OTHER THAN A SHERIFF OR A DEPUTY SHERIFF TO WEAR AN OFFICIAL SHERIFF'S BADGE OR TO WEAR A SIMILAR INSIGNIA, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS PROVISION.

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

SECTION    1.    The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 23-15-140.    (A)    To provide for uniformity among sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and to aid the public in identifying a sheriff and deputy sheriff, a badge that consists of or incorporates the shape of a five or six-pointed star with a replica of the Great Seal of South Carolina inscribed in its center is the official badge to be worn by all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs throughout the State.

    (B)    It is unlawful for a person who is not a sheriff or deputy sheriff to wear the official badge described in subsection (A), or to wear a badge or insignia similar to the official badge that is indistinguishable from a distance of at least twenty feet.

    (C)    A person who violates the provisions contained in this section, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days."

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

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