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S. 196
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Hembree
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Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Fireworks
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/9/2020 Senate Prefiled
12/9/2020 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/12/2021 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 213)
1/12/2021 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 213)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 23-35-175(A)(2), CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS AND CERTAIN TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "FIREWORKS PROHIBITED ZONE" TO INCLUDE ANY PUBLIC BEACH OR PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS DESIGNATED AND POSTED BY A LOCAL GOVERNING BODY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 23-35-175(A)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(2) 'Fireworks Prohibited Zone' means:
(a) any public beach or public beach access that a local governing body has:
(i) designated by resolution as an area in which fireworks are prohibited from being knowingly and wilfully discharged, and
(ii) posted with appropriate signs or placards indicating that the area is a Fireworks Prohibited Zone; or
(b) property designated through the processes in this section as an area in which fireworks are prohibited from being knowingly and wilfully discharged."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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