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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4330 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010815 Primary Sponsor:Altman All Sponsors:Altman Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\10508htc01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Drugs, controlled substances; distribution within certain distance of daycare facility, kindergarten, schools; Crimes History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010815 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-445, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SEPARATE OFFENSE OF DISTRIBUTING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WHILE IN, ON, OR WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF A SCHOOL, PARK, VOCATIONAL OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL, OR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, SO AS TO EXTEND THE OFFENSE TO INCLUDE A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE DAYCARE FACILITY, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE KINDERGARTEN, AND A PRIVATE VOCATIONAL OR TECHNICAL SCHOOL.
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 83 of 1995, is further amended to read:
"(A) It is 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 daycare facility, kindergarten, elementary, middle, or secondary school; a public playground or park; a public or private 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.
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