South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 3026

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Altman, Vaughn, W.D. Smith and Cotty
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5056cm03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Credit card information, unlawful for person or credit bureau to report falsely

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/4/2002  House   Prefiled
   12/4/2002  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/14/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-20
   1/14/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-20
    2/4/2003  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cotty

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/4/2002

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-3-1082 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON OR BUSINESS COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF FURNISHING FALSE CREDIT INFORMATION IF THE PERSON OR BUSINESS KNOWINGLY FURNISHES FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT ANOTHER PERSON'S CREDITWORTHINESS, CREDIT STANDING, OR CREDIT CAPACITY TO A CREDIT REPORTING BUREAU, TO PROVIDE THAT A CREDIT-REPORTING BUREAU COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF FURNISHING FALSE CREDIT INFORMATION IF THE CREDIT-REPORTING BUREAU KNOWINGLY FURNISHES FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON'S CREDITWORTHINESS, CREDIT STANDING, OR CREDIT CAPACITY TO A THIRD PARTY, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 11, Chapter 3, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 16-3-1082.    (A)    A person or business commits the offense of furnishing false credit information if the person or business knowingly furnishes false information about another person's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity to a credit-reporting bureau.

(B)    A credit reporting bureau commits the offense of furnishing false credit information if the credit-reporting bureau knowingly furnishes false information about a person's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity to a third party.

(C)    A person or business that violates a provision contained in this section must be fined not more than two thousand dollars."

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

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