Bill Text: SC H3227 | 2023-2024 | 125th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Status Offenses
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-04-02 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [H3227 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2023-H3227-Introduced.html
South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024
Bill 3227
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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A bill
to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by amending SECTIONS 63-1-40 AND 63-19-20, BOTH RELATING TO STATUS OFFENSES, SO AS TO ELIMINATE PLAYING A PINBALL MACHINE AS A STATUS OFFENSE; AND by REPEALing SECTION 63-19-2430 RELATING TO THE PLAYING OF PINBALL MACHINES BY A MINOR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1.Section 63-1-40(6) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
(6) "Status offense" means any offense which would not be a misdemeanor or felony if committed by an adult, such as, but not limited to, incorrigibility (beyond the control of parents), truancy, running away, playing or loitering in a billiard room, playing a pinball machine or gaining admission to a theater by false identification.
SECTION 2.Section 63-19-20(9) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
(9) "Status offense" means an offense which would not be a misdemeanor or felony if committed by an adult including, but not limited to, incorrigibility or beyond the control of parents, truancy, running away, playing or loitering in a billiard room, playing a pinball machine, or gaining admission to a theater by false identification.
SECTION 3. Section 63-19-2430 of the S.C. Code is repealed.
SECTION 4.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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