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Bill 3550

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3550
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010214
Primary Sponsor:                  J.H. Neal
All Sponsors:                     J.H. Neal
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11267ac01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Domestic abuse, penalty for more than two 
                                  violations revised; Crimes and Offenses, 
                                  Domestic Relations, Domestic violence


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010214  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 16-25-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR MORE THAN TWO VIOLATIONS BY REQUIRING BOTH A FINE AND IMPRISONMENT, RATHER THAN EITHER A FINE OR IMPRISONMENT OR BOTH, BY ESTABLISHING A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE, RATHER THAN A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND BY REQUIRING IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS OR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, RATHER THAN IMPRISONMENT OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 16-25-40 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 519 of 1994, is further amended to read:

    "Section 16-25-40.    Any person who violates Section 16-25-20 after having previously been convicted of two violations of Section 16-25-20 or two violations of Section 16-25-65 or a violation of Section 16-25-20 and a violation of Section 16-25-65 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or and imprisoned for not less than thirty days and not more than three five years, or both."

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

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