It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons wilfully and knowingly:
(1) to enter or to remain within a building on the capitol grounds unless such person is authorized by law or by rules of the House or Senate, or the Department of Administration regulations, respectively, when such entry is done for the purpose of uttering loud, threatening, and abusive language or to engage in any disorderly or disruptive conduct with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of any session of the legislature or the orderly conduct within a building or of any hearing before or any deliberation of any committee or subcommittee of the legislature;
(2) to obstruct or to impede passage within the capitol grounds or a building on the capitol grounds;
(3) to engage in any act of physical violence upon the capitol grounds or within a building on the capitol grounds; or
(4) to parade, demonstrate, or picket within the capitol building.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-425.2; 1969 (56) 311; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.R, eff July 1, 2015; 2021 Act No. 42 (S.131), Section 2, eff May 17, 2021.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.R, substituted "the Department of Administration regulations, respectively," for "of the State Budget and Control Board", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2021 Act No. 42, Section 2, redesignated (a) to (d) as (1) to (4); in (1), substituted "a building on the capitol grounds" for "the capitol building" and "within a building" for "within the building"; in (2), substituted "a building on the capitol grounds" for "building"; and in (3), substituted "a building on the capitol grounds" for "the capitol building".
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property
Chapter 11 - Trespasses And Offenses
Section 10-11-10. Walking on roof of State House.
Section 10-11-20. Unauthorized use of State House or grounds.
Section 10-11-30. Trespassing, damaging or defacing certain state property.
Section 10-11-40. Unlawful use of driveways and parking spaces on certain state property.
Section 10-11-50. Manner of parking on certain state property.
Section 10-11-60. Speed limit and traffic regulations on certain state property.
Section 10-11-70. Criminal laws in effect on certain state property.
Section 10-11-80. Restricted parking in state parking lots in City of Columbia.
Section 10-11-90. Watchmen and policemen to have powers of constables on certain state property.
Section 10-11-100. Other police officers to enforce laws on certain state property.
Section 10-11-110. Issuance and use of parking tickets.
Section 10-11-140. Permission to use State House grounds.
Section 10-11-150. State House renovation, traffic control.
Section 10-11-310. "Capitol grounds" defined.
Section 10-11-315. Defacing monuments on capitol grounds; penalty.
Section 10-11-325. Possessing, transporting, detonating explosive or incendiary device; penalty.
Section 10-11-340. Performance of duties by officers or employees within capitol building.
Section 10-11-350. Peaceful entry by general public upon grounds and capitol building.