South Carolina General Assembly
103rd Session, 1979-1980

Bill 3639

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3639
Ratification Number:       488
Act Number                 418
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Sale of prison made products
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(A418, R488, H3639)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-410, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE SALE OF PRISON MADE PRODUCTS, SO AS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN ROAD AND STREET SIGNS FROM PROHIBITION AGAINST SALES OF SUCH PRODUCTS ON THE OPEN MARKET.

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

Sale of prison made products

Section 1. Section 24-3-410 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 556 of 1978, is further amended to read:

"Section 24-3-410. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale on the open market of this State any articles or products manufactured or produced wholly or in part by convicts or prisoners in this or any other state, except convicts or prisoners on parole or probation, and except the following agricultural products; cattle, cotton, tobacco (Turkish), soybeans and wheat; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to products sold by the Department of Corrections which are made by inmates in the 'hobbycraft program'; and provided, further, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any prisoner made articles or products sold to nonprofit corporations incorporated under the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 31, Title 33, or to organizations operating in this State which have been granted an exemption under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; provided, further that the provisions of this section shall not apply to prisoner made road and street designation signs sold to private developers.

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such sale or offer for sale shall constitute a separate offense under this section. Proceeds of the sale of these raw agricultural products, when produced by an instrumentality under control of the State Board of Corrections, shall be applied as provided in Section 24-3-400."

Time effective

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.