South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 3657

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Pendarvis and S. Williams
Document Path: l:\council\bills\cc\15422cm19.docx

Introduced in the House on January 17, 2019
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Transportation employees and workers

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/17/2019  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 7)
   1/17/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 7)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/17/2019

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-13-490 SO AS TO PROVIDE ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR A PERSON WHO COMMITS A VIOLENT CRIME AGAINST CERTAIN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 13, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 16-13-490.    (A)    A person convicted of a violent crime, as contained in Section 16-1-60, against a public transportation driver, employee, or employee of a contractor working for a public transportation system, must be sentenced to a consecutive term of imprisonment that equals an additional twenty-five percent of the sentence imposed for the commission of the violent crime when the crime victim was actively working for the transportation system.

(B)    The court also may prohibit a person sentenced under this section from using any public transportation system in this State for five years."

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

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