Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3348 Ratification Number:495 Act Number:423 Introducing Body:House Subject:Relating to penalties for convictions for issuing fraudulent checks
(A423, R495, H3348)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 34-11-90, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR CONVICTIONS FOR ISSUING FRAUDULENT CHECKS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TEN DOLLAR SERVICE CHARGE PROVIDED BY SECTION 34-11-70 MUST BE PAID BY THE CONVICTED PERSON.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Court costs
SECTION 1. Subsection (d) of Section 34-11-90 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 93 of 1979, is further amended to read:
"(d) After a conviction or plea for drawing and uttering a fraudulent check or other instrument in violation of Section 34-11-60 and the defendant is charged or fined, he shall pay in addition to the fine all reasonable court costs accruing, not to exceed twenty dollars, and the service charge provided in Section 34-11-70."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.