2011-2012 Bill 203: Concealed Weapons - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly

119th Session, 2011-2012

S.203

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Senators Campbell and Knotts

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Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2011

Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Concealed weapons

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

12/1/2010SenatePrefiled

12/1/2010SenateReferred to Committee on Judiciary

1/11/2011SenateIntroduced and read first time (Senate Journalpage95)

1/11/2011SenateReferred to Committee on Judiciary(Senate Journalpage95)

1/9/2012SenateReferred to Subcommittee: Knotts (ch), Massey, Coleman

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/1/2010

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 1623460 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS, TO PROVIDE THAT THIS SECTION SUPERSEDES AND PREEMPTS ANY ORDINANCE THAT RESTRICTS CARRYING CONCEALABLE WEAPONS.

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

SECTION1.Section 1623460 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

“Section 1623460.(A)A person carrying a deadly weapon usually used for the infliction of personal injury concealed about his person is guilty of a misdemeanor, must forfeit to the county, or, if convicted in a municipal court, to the municipality, the concealed weapon, and must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days.

(B)The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(1)a person carrying a concealed weapon upon his own premises or pursuant to and in compliance with Article 4, Chapter 31 of Title 23; or

(2)peace officers in the actual discharge of their duties.

(C)The provisions of this section also do not apply to rifles, shotguns, dirks, slingshots, metal knuckles, knives, or razors unless they are used with the intent to commit a crime or in furtherance of a crime.

(D)The governing body of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision shall not enact a provision restricting the carrying of a concealed weapon prohibited by subsection (A) or excluded from the application of this section by subsections (B) and (C), and any provision previously enacted is preempted and superseded and is of no force and effect.”

SECTION2.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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