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SC Code § 23-28-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 28 - Reserve Police Officers|Section 23-28-70. Duties of officers; appointment of coordinator-supervisor.

 (A) Reserves shall serve and function as law enforcement officers only on specific orders and directions of the chief. To maintain status, reserves shall maintain a minimum logged service time of twenty hours each month or sixty hours each quarter.  (B) Each reserve must be in proximate contact, by radio or another device, with the full-time officer to whom he is assigned.  (C) A person appointed as an auxiliary or reserve police officer after January 1, 1996, shall perform his duties while accompanied by a full-time, certified South Carolina police officer for a minimum of two hundred forty hours and receive the approval of the chief before he may work as provided in subsection (B). Reserve or auxiliary officers serving before January 1, 1996, and who have at least two hundred forty hours of logged service time are exempt from this provision.  (D) Reserves may not assume full-time duties of law enforcement officers without complying with all requirements for full-time officers.  (E) Each department utilizing reserves shall have one full-time officer as coordinator-supervisor and who must be responsible directly to the chief.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 481, Section 7; 1995 Act No. 85, Section 2; 1996 Act No. 304, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 44, Section 1, eff June 4, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment deleted references to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs throughout.
SC Code § 23-28-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 28 - Reserve Police Officers|Section 23-28-80. Additional training for reserve officers desiring to become full-time officers.

 A reserve who has been in active status for at least two years who desires to become a full-time law enforcement officer, upon application and completion of other existing requirements, may be accepted at the Law Enforcement Training Council for such additional hours of training as considered necessary.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 481, Section 8; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 47; 2007 Act No. 44, Section 1, eff June 4, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment substituted "Law Enforcement Training Council" for "South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy" and made nonsubstantive language changes.
SC Code § 23-28-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 28 - Reserve Police Officers|Section 23-28-90. Former full-time officer becoming member of reserve.

 A currently certified full-time law enforcement officer who leaves his position under honorable conditions, within twelve months, and at the request of his chief and with the concurrence of the Law Enforcement Training Council, may be issued a registration card identifying him as a member of the reserve. That officer must not be required to undergo the preliminary training for reserves but must be required to have a current physical exam.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 481, Section 9; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 48; 2007 Act No. 44, Section 1, eff June 4, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment substituted "Law Enforcement Training Council" for "Department of Public Safety" and made nonsubstantive language changes.
SC Code § 23-28-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 28 - Reserve Police Officers|Section 23-28-100. Uniforms and equipment.

 The uniforms and equipment issued by the political entity shall remain the property of the entity but, in the discretion of the chief, may be entrusted to the care and control of the reserves. Reserves shall wear uniforms which shall identify them as law enforcement officers. However, in the discretion of the chief, a reserve may wear plain clothes or another uniform that is consistent with his duties as a law enforcement officer. Handguns, if issued, shall be of a caliber approved by the chief.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 481, Section 10; 2007 Act No. 44, Section 1, eff June 4, 2007; 2008 Act No. 321, Section 7, eff 6 months after approval (approved June 16, 2008).  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment deleted "political" preceding "entity" in the first sentence and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.  The 2008 amendment added the third sentence relating to wearing plain clothes.
SC Code § 23-28-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 28 - Reserve Police Officers|Section 23-28-110. Workers' compensation.

 (A) Workers' compensation benefits may be provided for reserves by the governing body in the same manner as benefits are provided for full-time officers.  (B) For purposes of compensation or benefits arising from duty-related injury or death, reserves must be considered employees of the entity for which they were appointed and must be included with regular duty officers in the assigned responsibility for prevention, suppression, and control of crime.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 481, Section 11; 1978 Act No. 599, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 44, Section 1, eff June 4, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment designated subsections (A) and (B); and, in subsection (B), deleted "political" preceding "entity" and made nonsubstantive language changes.
SC Code § 23-28-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 28 - Reserve Police Officers|Section 23-28-120. Exemptions.

 This chapter does not apply to deputy enforcement officers of the Natural Resources Enforcement Division of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 612, amending 1978 Act No. 481 to add Section 11A; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 359; 2007 Act No. 44, Section 1, eff June 4, 2007.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment substituted "This chapter does not" for "The provisions of this chapter shall".
SC Code § 23-31-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-10. Purchase of rifle or shotgun in another state.

 A resident of this State including a corporation or other business entity maintaining a place of business in this State, who may lawfully purchase and receive delivery of a rifle or shotgun in this State, may purchase a rifle or shotgun in another state and transport or receive it in this State; provided, that the sale meets the lawful requirements of each state, meets all lawful requirements of any federal statute, and is made by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-581; 1971 (57) 799; 2012 Act No. 285, Section 1, eff June 29, 2012.  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment substituted "another" for "a contiguous" and made other, nonsubstantive, changes.
SC Code § 23-31-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-20. Purchase of rifle or shotgun in this State by resident of any state.

 A resident of any state may purchase rifles and shotguns in this State if the resident conforms to applicable provisions of statutes and regulations of this State, the United States, and of the state in which the person resides.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-582; 1971 (57) 799; 1996 Act No. 418, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-31-205 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-205. Name.

 This article may be cited as the "Law Abiding Citizens Self-Defense Act of 1996".  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 464, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-31-216 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-216. Collection and retention of fees.

 The State Law Enforcement Division shall collect, retain, expend, and carry forward all fees associated with the concealable weapon application, renewal, and replacement of the permit, as provided pursuant to this article.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 39, Section 1; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 18; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 19C, eff July 1, 2009.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment added "expend," and substituted "pursuant to" for "for in".
SC Code § 23-31-217 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-217. Effect on Section 16-23-20.

 Nothing in this article shall affect the provisions of Section 16-23-20.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 464, Section 7.
SC Code § 23-31-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-220. Right to allow or permit concealed weapons upon premises; signs.

 (A) Nothing contained in this article shall in any way be construed to limit, diminish, or otherwise infringe upon:  (1) the right of a public or private employer to prohibit a person who is licensed under this article from carrying a concealable weapon, whether concealed or openly carried, upon the premises of the business or work place or while using any machinery, vehicle, or equipment owned or operated by the business;  (2) the right of a private property owner or person in legal possession or control to allow or prohibit the carrying of a concealable weapon, whether concealed or openly carried, upon his premises.  (B) The posting by the employer, owner, or person in legal possession or control of a sign stating "NO CONCEALABLE WEAPONS ALLOWED" shall constitute notice to a person holding a permit issued pursuant to this article that the employer, owner, or person in legal possession or control requests that concealable weapons, whether concealed or openly carried, not be brought upon the premises or into the work place. A person who brings a concealable weapon, whether concealed or openly carried, onto the premises or work place in violation of the provisions of this paragraph may be charged with a violation of Section 16-11-620. In addition to the penalties provided in Section 16-11-620, a person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of the provisions of this paragraph must have his permit revoked for a period of one year. The prohibition contained in this section does not apply to persons specified in Section 16-23-20, item (1).  (C) In addition to the provisions of subsection (B), a public or private employer or the owner of a business may post a sign regarding the prohibition or allowance on those premises of concealable weapons, whether concealed or openly carried, which may be unique to that business.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 464, Section 8; 2021 Act No. 66 (H.3094), Section 4, eff August 15, 2021.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 66, Section 1, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Open Carry With Training Act'."  Effect of Amendment  2021 Act No. 66, Section 4, inserted the (A) and (B) designators; in (A), in (1), inserted ", whether concealed or openly carried," following "concealable weapon", and in (2), inserted ", whether concealed or openly carried," following "concealable weapon"; in (B), in the first sentence, inserted ", whether concealed or openly carried," following "concealable weapons", and in the second sentence, inserted ", whether concealed or openly carried," following "concealable weapon"; and added (C).
SC Code § 23-31-225 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-225. Carrying concealed weapons into residences or dwellings.

 No person who holds a permit issued pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23 may carry a concealable weapon into the residence or dwelling place of another person without the express permission of the owner or person in legal control or possession, as appropriate. A person who violates this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court and have his permit revoked for five years.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 464, Section 12.
SC Code § 23-31-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-230. Carrying concealed weapons between automobile and accommodation.

 Notwithstanding any provision of law, any person may carry a concealable weapon from an automobile or other motorized conveyance to a room or other accommodation he has rented and upon which an accommodations tax has been paid.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 464, Section 14.
SC Code § 23-31-232 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-232. Carrying concealable weapons on premises of certain schools leased by churches.

 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon express permission given by the appropriate church official or governing body, a person who holds a valid permit issued pursuant to this article may carry a concealable weapon, whether concealed or openly carried, on the leased premises of an elementary or secondary school if a church leases the school premises or areas within the school for church services or official church activities.  (1) The provisions contained in this section apply:  (a) only during those times that the church has the use and enjoyment of the school property pursuant to its lease with the school; and  (b) only to the areas of the school within the lease agreement, any related parking areas, or any reasonable ingress or egress between these areas.  (2) A school district may request that a church utilizing school property for its services disclose and notify the school district if persons are, or may be, carrying concealed weapons on the school property.  (3) The provisions of this section do not apply during any time students are present as a result of a curricular or extracurricular school-sponsored activity that is taking place on the school property.  (B) For the purposes of the Federal Gun-Free School Zone Act (18 U.S.C. Section 921(a)), the buildings and grounds of a school that are leased to a church are not considered a school during the hours that the church has the use and enjoyment of the school property pursuant to this section.  HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 66 (H.3094), Section 7, eff August 15, 2021.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 66, Section 1, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Open Carry With Training Act'."
SC Code § 23-31-235 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-235. Sign requirements.

 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any requirement of or allowance for the posting of signs prohibiting the carrying of a concealable weapon, whether concealed or openly carried, upon any premises shall only be satisfied by a sign expressing the prohibition in both written language interdict and universal sign language.  (B) All signs must be posted at each entrance into a building where a concealable weapon permit holder is prohibited from carrying a concealable weapon, whether concealed or openly carried, and must be:  (1) clearly visible from outside the building;  (2) eight inches wide by twelve inches tall in size;  (3) contain the words "NO CONCEALABLE WEAPONS ALLOWED" in black one-inch tall uppercase type at the bottom of the sign and centered between the lateral edges of the sign;  (4) contain a black silhouette of a handgun inside a circle seven inches in diameter with a diagonal line that runs from the lower left to the upper right at a forty-five degree angle from the horizontal;  (5) a diameter of a circle; and  (6) placed not less than forty inches and not more than sixty inches from the bottom of the building's entrance door.  (C) If the premises where concealable weapons are prohibited does not have doors, then the signs contained in subsection (A) must be:  (1) thirty-six inches wide by forty-eight inches tall in size;  (2) contain the words "NO CONCEALABLE WEAPONS ALLOWED" in black three-inch tall uppercase type at the bottom of the sign and centered between the lateral edges of the sign;  (3) contain a black silhouette of a handgun inside a circle thirty-four inches in diameter with a diagonal line that is two inches wide and runs from the lower left to the upper right at a forty-five degree angle from the horizontal and must be a diameter of a circle whose circumference is two-inches wide;  (4) placed not less than forty inches and not more than ninety-six inches above the ground;  (5) posted in sufficient quantities to be clearly visible from any point of entry onto the premises.  (D) Nothing in this section prevents a public or private employer or owner of a business from posting a sign regarding the prohibition or allowance on those premises of concealable weapons, whether concealed or openly carried, which may be unique to that business.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 464, Section 13; 2002 Act No. 274, Section 5; 2021 Act No. 66 (H.3094), Section 5, eff August 15, 2021.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 66, Section 1, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Open Carry With Training Act'."  Effect of Amendment  2021 Act No. 66, Section 5, in (A) and (B), inserted ", whether concealed or openly carried," following "concealable weapon"; made a nonsubstantive change in (C); and added (D).
SC Code § 23-31-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-240. Persons allowed to carry concealable weapons within the State.

 Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this article, the following persons who possess a valid permit pursuant to this article may carry a concealable weapon anywhere within this State:  (1) active Supreme Court justices;  (2) active judges of the court of appeals;  (3) active circuit court judges;  (4) active family court judges;  (5) active masters-in-equity;  (6) active probate court judges;  (7) active magistrates;  (8) active municipal court judges;  (9) active federal judges;  (10) active administrative law judges;  (11) active solicitors and assistant solicitors;  (12) active workers' compensation commissioners; and  (13) the Attorney General and assistant attorneys general.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 297, Section 5; 2021 Act No. 66 (H.3094), Section 11, eff August 15, 2021.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 66, Section 1, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Open Carry With Training Act'."  Effect of Amendment  2021 Act No. 66, Section 11, in the first undesignated paragraph, deleted ", when carrying out the duties of their office" from the end, made nonsubstantive changes in (11) and (12), and added (13).
SC Code § 23-31-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-250. State cannot be compelled by federal government to take any action that limits carrying concealable weapons; evaluation of federal laws by Attorney General.

 (A) The State of South Carolina, and its political subdivisions, cannot be compelled by the federal government to take any legislative or executive action to implement or enforce a federal law, treaty, executive order, rule, or regulation related to an individual's right to keep and bear arms enshrined in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution that limits or proscribes carrying concealable weapons, whether concealed or openly carried, as provided in this chapter.  (B) Any federal law, treaty, executive order, rule, or regulation related to limiting or proscribing the carry of concealable weapons must be evaluated by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall issue a written opinion of whether the law, treaty, executive order, rule, or regulation purports to compel legislative or executive action prohibited pursuant to subsection (A).  (C) If the Attorney General renders an opinion that a federal law, treaty, executive order, rule, or regulation purports to compel legislative or executive action prohibited pursuant to subsection (A), then:  (1) no public funds of this State, or any political subdivision of this State, shall be allocated for the implementation or enforcement of that federal law, treaty, executive order, rule, or regulation;  (2) no personnel or property of this State, or any political subdivision of this State, shall be allocated to the implementation or enforcement of that federal law, treaty, executive order, rule, or regulation; and  (3) no official, agent, or employee of the State of South Carolina, or any political subdivision of it, shall implement, attempt to implement, enforce, or attempt to enforce that federal law, treaty, executive order, rule, or regulation.  HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 66 (H.3094), Section 9.A, eff May 17, 2021.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 66, Section 1, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Open Carry With Training Act'."
SC Code § 23-31-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 31 - Firearms|Section 23-31-320. Exceptions to application of article.

 The provisions of this article shall not apply to the Army, Navy, or Air Force of the United States, the National Guard, and organizations authorized by law to purchase or receive machine guns, military firearms, or sawed-off shotguns or sawed-off rifles, from the United States or from this State and the members of such organizations. Any peace officer of the State or of any county or other political subdivision thereof, state constable, member of the highway patrol, railway policeman or warden, superintendent, head keeper or deputy of any state prison, penitentiary, workhouse, county jail, city jail, or other institution for the detention of persons convicted or accused of crime or held as witnesses in criminal cases or person on duty in the postal service of the United States or any common carrier while transporting direct to any police department, military, or naval organization or person authorized by law to possess or use a machine gun, or sawed-off shotgun or sawed-off rifle, may possess machine guns, or sawed-off shotguns or sawed-off rifles, when required in the performance of their duties. Nor shall the provisions hereof be construed to apply to machine guns, or sawed-off shotguns or sawed-off rifles, kept for display as relics and which are rendered harmless and not usable.  The provisions of this article shall not apply to any manufacturer of machine guns or military firearms licensed pursuant to the provisions of 18 U. S. C. Section 921 et seq., nor to any common or contract carrier transporting or shipping any machine guns or military firearms to or from such manufacturer if the transportation or shipment is not prohibited by federal law. Any such manufacturer shall furnish to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division the serial numbers of all machine guns or military firearms manufactured by it within thirty days of such manufacture and shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 23-31-340 for noncompliance.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-125; 1952 Code Section 16-125; 1942 Code Section 1258-1; 1934 (38) 1288; 1975 (59) 135; 1978 Act No. 541, Section 4; 1990 Act No. 564, Section 2.