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SC Code § 16-23-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-750. Conveying false information regarding attempted use of a destructive device; aiding or conspiring; penalty.

 A person who conveys or causes to be conveyed false information, knowing the information to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made to kill, injure, or intimidate any person or to damage or destroy any building or other real or personal property by means of an explosive, incendiary, or destructive device or who aids, employs, or conspires with any person to do or cause to be done any of the acts in this section, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, for a first offense must be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than ten years. For a second or subsequent offense, the person must be imprisoned for not less than five years nor more than fifteen years. A sentence imposed for a violation of this section must not be suspended and probation must not be granted.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 237, Section 6; 2002 Act No. 339, Section 13, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 16-23-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-760. Admissibility of photographic evidence of destructive devices; custody of inert devices introduced into evidence.

 (A) Unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, photographs, electronic imaging, video tapes, or other identification or analysis of a destructive device, explosive, incendiary, poisonous gas, toxic substance, whether chemical, biological, or nuclear material, or detonator identified by a qualified bomb technician or person qualified as a forensic expert in the field of destructive devices is admissible in any civil or criminal trial in lieu of production of the actual destructive device or detonator. Evidence transferred to the clerk of court by a qualified bomb technician for safekeeping must not be destroyed except pursuant to a court order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.  (B) If a destructive device, explosive, incendiary, poisonous gas, toxic substance, whether chemical, biological, or nuclear material, or detonator that has been rendered inert and safe is introduced into evidence in any criminal or civil trial, the clerk of court may retain custody or transfer custody of the destructive device or detonator to a qualified bomb technician for safekeeping only after the destructive device has been preserved as evidence by photograph, videotape, or other suitable means of identification.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 237, Section 6; 2002 Act No. 339, Section 13, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 16-23-780 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 23 - Offenses Involving Weapons|Section 16-23-780. Reporting existence and location of destructive device or weapon of mass destruction.

 All state, county, and municipal law enforcement officers who encounter a known or suspected destructive device, biological or bacteriological weapon or a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon of mass destruction in the course of their employment must immediately report the existence and location of the device or weapon to the State Law Enforcement Division for purposes of disseminating the information to law enforcement agencies, and to the appropriate state and local public health officials for purposes of enabling public health officials to assess the nature and extent of the threat of the device or weapon to public health.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 13, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 16-25-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-10. Definitions.

 As used in this article, the term:  (1) "Deadly weapon" means any pistol, dirk, slingshot, metal knuckles, razor, or other instrument which can be used to inflict deadly force.  (2) "Great bodily injury" means bodily injury which causes a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ.  For validity of (3), see Editors' Notes below.  (3) "Household member" means:  (a) a spouse;  (b) a former spouse;  (c) persons who have a child in common; or  (d) a male and female who are cohabiting or formerly have cohabited.  (4) "Moderate bodily injury" means physical injury that involves prolonged loss of consciousness or that causes temporary or moderate disfigurement or temporary loss of the function of a bodily member or organ or injury that requires medical treatment when the treatment requires the use of regional or general anesthesia or injury that results in a fracture or dislocation. Moderate bodily injury does not include one-time treatment and subsequent observation of scratches, cuts, abrasions, bruises, burns, splinters, or any other minor injuries that do not ordinarily require extensive medical care.  (5) "Prior conviction of domestic violence" includes conviction of any crime, in any state, containing among its elements those enumerated in, or substantially similar to those enumerated in, Section 16-25-20(A) that is committed against a household member as defined in item (3) within the ten years prior to the incident date of the current offense.  (6) "Protection order" means any order of protection, restraining order, condition of bond, or any other similar order issued in this State or another state or foreign jurisdiction for the purpose of protecting a household member.  (7) "Firearm" means a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, or an assault rifle which is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is discharged by an explosive but does not include an antique firearm as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(16).  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 484, Section 1; 1994 Act No. 519, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 92, Section 3, eff January 1, 2004; 2005 Act No. 166, Section 1, eff January 1, 2006; 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt II, Section 2, eff June 4, 2015.  Validity  For validity of (3) of this section, see Jane Doe v. State of South Carolina, 421 S.C. 490, 808 S.E.2d 807 (2017), rehearing granted (Nov. 17, 2017).  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 58, Section 2, rewrote the section, adding (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), and (7); and in (3), changed the paragraph designators from numbers to letters.
SC Code § 16-25-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-80. Effect on enforcement of contempt orders and police arrest powers; construction with assault and battery and other criminal offenses.

 Nothing in this article affects or limits the powers of any court to enforce its own orders by civil or criminal contempt or the powers of the police to make other lawful arrests.  Nothing in this article may be construed to repeal, replace, or preclude application of any other provisions of law pertaining to assault, assault and battery, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, or other criminal offenses.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 484, Section 1; 1994 Act No. 519, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 92, Section 3, eff January 1, 2004.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 273, Section 7.C, provides:  "Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."
SC Code § 16-25-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-90. Parole eligibility as affected by evidence of domestic violence suffered at hands of household member.

 Notwithstanding any provision of Chapters 13 and 21 of Title 24, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an inmate who was convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, an offense against a household member is eligible for parole after serving one-fourth of his prison term when the inmate at the time he pled guilty to, nolo contendere to, or was convicted of an offense against the household member, or in post- conviction proceedings pertaining to the plea or conviction, presented credible evidence of a history of criminal domestic violence, as provided in Section 16-25-20, suffered at the hands of the household member. This section shall not affect the provisions of Section 17-27-45.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part I Section 14; 1998 Act No. 401, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 92, Section 3, eff January 1, 2004.
SC Code § 16-25-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-100. Judicial training on issues concerning domestic violence.

 Magistrates, municipal court judges, family court judges, and circuit court judges shall receive continuing legal education on issues concerning domestic violence. The frequency and content of the continuing legal education is to be determined by the South Carolina Court Administration at the direction of the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 166, Section 4, eff January 1, 2006.
SC Code § 16-25-125 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-125. Trespass upon grounds or structure of domestic violence shelter; penalty; notice.

 (A) For purposes of this section:  (1) "Domestic violence shelter" means a facility whose purpose is to serve as a shelter to receive and house persons who are victims of criminal domestic violence and that provides services as a shelter.  (2) "Grounds" means the real property of the parcel of land upon which a domestic violence shelter or a domestic violence shelter's administrative offices are located, whether fenced or unfenced.  (3) "Household member" means a household member as defined in Section 16-25-10.  (B) It is unlawful for a person who has been charged with or convicted of a violation of Section 16-25-20 or Section 16-25-65, who is subject to an order of protection issued pursuant to Chapter 4 of Title 20, or who is subject to a restraining order issued pursuant to Article 17, Chapter 3 of Title 16, to enter or remain upon the grounds or structure of a domestic violence shelter in which the person's household member resides or the domestic violence shelter's administrative offices.  (C) The domestic violence shelter must post signs at conspicuous places on the grounds of the domestic violence shelter and the domestic violence shelter's administrative offices which, at a minimum, read substantially as follows:  "NO TRESPASSING  VIOLATORS WILL BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES".  (D) This section does not apply if the person has legitimate business or any authorization, license, or invitation to enter or remain upon the grounds or structure of the domestic violence shelter or the domestic violence shelter's administrative offices.  (E) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than three thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both. If the person is in possession of a dangerous weapon at the time of the violation, the person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 319, Section 1, eff June 11, 2008.
SC Code § 16-25-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-310. Definitions.

 For purposes of this article:  (1) "Committee" means the Domestic Violence Advisory Committee.  (2) "Household member" means a household member as defined in Section 16-25-10.  (3) "Meeting" means both in-person meetings and meetings through telephone conferencing.  (4) "Provider of medical care" means a licensed health care practitioner who provides, or a licensed health care facility through which is provided, medical evaluation or treatment, including dental and mental health evaluation or treatment.  (5) "Working day" means Monday through Friday, excluding official state holidays.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 20, eff June 4, 2015.
SC Code § 16-25-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-330. Purpose of committee.

 (A) The purpose of the Domestic Violence Advisory Committee is to decrease the incidences of domestic violence by:  (1) developing an understanding of the causes and incidences of domestic violence;  (2) developing plans for and implementing changes within the agencies represented on the committee which will prevent domestic violence; and  (3) advising the Governor and the General Assembly on statutory, policy, and practice changes which will prevent domestic violence.  (B) To achieve its purpose, the committee shall:  (1) undertake annual statistical studies of the incidences and causes of domestic violence in this State, including an analysis of:  (a) community and public and private agency involvement with the victims and their families;  (b) whether the abuser has a previous criminal record involving domestic violence or assault and battery;  (c) recidivism rates;  (d) the presence of alcohol or drug use;  (e) whether the abuser has participated in a batterer treatment program or other similar treatment program and the name of the program;  (f) the success or failure rate of approved treatment programs;  (g) married versus unmarried rates of violence; and  (h) the rate of domestic violence per county;  (2) consider training, including cross-agency training, consultation, technical assistance needs, and service gaps that would decrease the likelihood of domestic violence;  (3) determine the need for changes to any statute, regulation, policy, or procedure to decrease the incidences of domestic violence and include proposals for changes to statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures in the committee's annual report;  (4) educate the public regarding the incidences and causes of domestic violence, specific steps the public can undertake to prevent domestic violence, and the support that civic, philanthropic, and public service organizations can provide in assisting the committee to educate the public;  (5) develop and implement policies and procedures for its own governance and operation;  (6) submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a publicly available annual written report and any other reports prepared by the committee including, but not limited to, the committee's findings and recommendations; and  (7) review closed domestic violence cases selected by the Attorney General or solicitor's representative on the committee to provide the commission with the best opportunity to fulfill its duties under the section.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 20, eff June 4, 2015.
SC Code § 16-25-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-340. Committee access to information and records.

 Upon request of the committee and as necessary to carry out the committee's purpose and duties, the committee immediately must be provided:  (1) by a provider of medical care, access to information and records regarding a person whose death is being reviewed by the department pursuant to this article;  (2) access to all information and records maintained by any state, county, or local government agency including, but not limited to, birth certificates, law enforcement investigation data, county coroner or medical examiner investigation data, parole and probation information and records, and information and records of social services and health agencies that provided services to the victim, alleged perpetrator, and other household members.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 20, eff June 4, 2015.
SC Code § 16-25-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-350. Issuance of subpoena.

 When necessary in the discharge of the duties of the committee and upon application of the committee, the clerks of court shall issue a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum to any state, county, or local agency, board, or commission or to a representative of any state, county, or local agency, board, or commission or to a provider of medical care to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of documents, books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other relevant records to the discharge of the department's duties. Failure to obey a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued pursuant to this section may be punished as contempt.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 20, eff June 4, 2015.
SC Code § 16-25-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-360. Confidentiality of meetings; penalty.

 (A) Meetings of the committee are closed to the public and are not subject to Chapter 4, Title 30, the Freedom of Information Act, when the committee and department are discussing an individual case of domestic violence.  (B) Except as provided in subsection (C), meetings of the committee are open to the public and subject to the Freedom of Information Act when the committee is not discussing an individual case of domestic violence.  (C) Information identifying a victim or a household member, guardian, or caretaker of a victim, or an alleged or suspected perpetrator of domestic violence may not be disclosed during a public meeting, and information regarding the involvement of any agency with the victim, alleged perpetrator, and other household members may not be disclosed during a public meeting.  (D) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, a person must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 20, eff June 4, 2015.
SC Code § 16-25-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-370. Confidentiality of information; penalty.

 (A) All information and records acquired by the committee in the exercise of their purposes and duties pursuant to this article are confidential, exempt from disclosure under Chapter 4, Title 30, the Freedom of Information Act, and only may be disclosed as necessary to carry out the committee's and department's duties and purposes.  (B) Statistical compilations of data which do not contain information that would permit the identification of a person to be ascertained are public records.  (C) Reports of the committee which do not contain information that would permit the identification of a person to be ascertained are public information.  (D) Except as necessary to carry out the committee's purposes and duties, members of the committee and persons attending their meeting may not disclose what transpired at a meeting which is not public under Section 16-25-360 and may not disclose information, the disclosure of which is prohibited by this section.  (E) Members of the committee, persons attending a committee meeting, and persons who present information to the committee may not be required to disclose in any civil or criminal proceeding information presented in or opinions formed as a result of a meeting, except that information available from other sources is not immune from introduction into evidence through those sources solely because it was presented during proceedings of the committee or department or because it is maintained by the committee or department. Nothing in this subsection prevents a person from testifying to information obtained independently of the committee or which is public information.  (F) Information, documents, and records of the committee are not subject to subpoena, discovery, or the Freedom of Information Act, except that information, documents, and records otherwise available from other sources are not immune from subpoena, discovery, or the Freedom of Information Act through those sources solely because they were presented during proceedings of the committee or department or because they are maintained by the committee or department.  (G) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, a person must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 20, eff June 4, 2015.
SC Code § 16-25-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-510. Development of community domestic violence coordinating councils.

 The circuit solicitor shall facilitate the development of community domestic violence coordinating councils in each county or judicial circuit based upon public-private sector collaboration.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 21, eff June 4, 2015.
SC Code § 16-25-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-520. Purpose of community domestic violence coordinating council.

 The purpose of a community domestic violence coordinating council is to:  (1) increase the awareness and understanding of domestic violence and its consequences;  (2) reduce the incidence of domestic violence in the county or area served; and  (3) enhance and ensure the safety of battered individuals and their children.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 21, eff June 4, 2015.
SC Code § 16-25-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-530. Duties and responsibilities.

 The duties and responsibilities of a community domestic violence coordinating council include, but are not limited to:  (1) promoting effective strategies of intervention for identifying the existence of domestic violence and for intervention by public and private agencies;  (2) establishing interdisciplinary and interagency protocols for intervention with survivors of domestic violence;  (3) facilitating communication and cooperation among agencies and organizations that are responsible for addressing domestic violence;  (4) monitoring, evaluating, and improving the quality and effectiveness of domestic violence services and protections in the community;  (5) providing public education and prevention activities; and  (6) providing professional training and continuing education activities.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 21, eff June 4, 2015.
SC Code § 16-25-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-540. Membership.

 Membership on a community domestic violence coordinating council may include, but is not limited to, representatives from magistrates court, family court, law enforcement, solicitor's office, probation and parole, batterer intervention programs or services, nonprofit battered individual's program advocates, counseling services for children, legal services, victim assistance programs, the medical profession, substance abuse counseling programs, the clergy, survivors of domestic violence, local department of social services, and the education community. Members on the council shall develop memoranda of agreement among and between themselves to ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities in providing services to victims of domestic violence.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 21, eff June 4, 2015.