H 4534

A Bill To Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Section 40-39-165 So As To Provide Counties Or Municipalities May Enact Ordinances Requiring The Payment Of Fees Or Taxes Related To Pawn Transactions Or Purchases, And To Provide The Provisions Of Chapter 39, Title 40 Do Not Affect The Authority Of A County Or Municipality To Establish Land Use Controls Or Require A Pawnbroker To Obtain A Local Occupational License; To Amend Section 40-39-40, As Amended, Relating To The Prohibition On Authorized Pawnbroker Fees, So As To Remove The Prohibition; To Amend Section 40-39-70, As Amended, Relating To Recordkeeping And Miscellaneous Requirements Of Pawnbrokers, So As To Require Certain Digital Records And To Provide All Pledged Items Must Be Held For Twenty-One Days; To Amend Section 40-39-90, Relating To Records Pawnbrokers Shall Maintain For Inspection By Certain Public Officials, So As To Provide Municipalities Or County Governments May Enact Local Regulations Requiring The Pawnshops To Provide Or Transfer The Pawn Records By Electronic Data Transfer To A Law Enforcement Database; To Amend Section 40-39-145, As Amended, Relating To Hold Orders, So As To Remove The Existing Provisions And Provide Law Enforcement Shall Seize Suspected Stolen Or Misappropriated Property In The Possession Of A Pawn Shop, To Provide A Pawnbroker'S Release Of Such Property To Law Enforcement Does Not Constitute Waiver Of The Pawnbroker'S Interest In The Property, And To Provide Pledgors Shall Pay Restitution For Stolen Goods Pledged To Pawnbrokers Upon The Completion Of Related Criminal Proceedings Involving The Stolen Pledged Property; To Amend Section 40-39-160, Relating To Penalties For Violations, So As To Provide Criminal Penalties For Certain Violations Concerning Pawn Tickets; And To Repeal Section 15 Of Act 262 Of 2016 Relating To Certain Authority Of Counties And Municipalities Regarding Pawnbrokers.