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S. 654

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Mescher and Grooms
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5391cm03.doc

Introduced in the Senate on April 23, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Summary: Dogs must be restrained in parked cars

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/23/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-10
   4/23/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources SJ-10

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/23/2003

TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 47, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DOGS AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS BY ADDING ARTICLE 4 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DOG MUST BE SECURELY RESTRAINED IN A PARKED MOTOR VEHICLE 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.    Chapter 3, Title 47 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

Section 47-3-280.    (A)    A dog that is kept inside a parked motor vehicle must be securely restrained in a manner that prevents it from independently exiting the motor vehicle through an open window, an open door, or from the open bed of the motor vehicle.

(B)    An operator of a motor vehicle who violates a provision contained in subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars."

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

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