South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 3074

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Altman and Coates
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11048ac03.doc

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

Summary: Lottery tickets may not be purchased by person receiving public assistance, misdemeanor

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-34
   1/14/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-35

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/4/2002

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-150-250, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES FOR MINORS AND PERSONS INCARCERATED PURCHASING OR ACCEPTING A LOTTERY TICKET SO AS TO CREATE A MISDEMEANOR FOR A PERSON RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PURCHASING A LOTTERY TICKET AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-150-250 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 59 of 2001, is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection to read:

"( )    A person who receives public assistance who knowingly purchases a lottery game ticket is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must perform twenty hours of public service or be imprisoned for not less than ten days or more than thirty days, or both."

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

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