South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 3313

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Harrison
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7139mm09.docx

Introduced in the House on January 27, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Fraudulent checks

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/27/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-11
   1/27/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-12

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/27/2009

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 34-11-60, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DRAWING AND UTTERING A FRAUDULENT CHECK, DRAFT, OR OTHER WRITTEN ORDER, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT THE ITEM BE POSTED ON ITS FACE WITH THE DATE IT IS RECEIVED BY THE PERSON OR BUSINESS SEEKING A WARRANT AND TO REQUIRE THAT A WARRANT BE ISSUED ON THE FRAUDULENT ITEM WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT DATE, NOT COUNTING THE TIME IT IS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE MAGISTRATE PENDING ISSUANCE OF THE WARRANT.

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

SECTION    1.        Section 34-11-60(e) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 112 of 1991, is amended to read:

"(e)    A fraudulent check, draft, or other written order delivered by the person or business receiving the check, draft, or other written order to a magistrate for the purpose of obtaining a warrant, must be posted on its face with the date it was received by that person or business. No A warrant for a violation of this section may not be obtained more than one hundred eighty days after the date the check, draft, or other written order was uttered received by the person or business seeking the warrant. The one hundred eighty days does not include the time the check, draft, or other written order is in the possession of the magistrate pending issuance of a warrant."

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

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