A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 153700 SO AS TO PROVIDE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A PERSON IS IMMUNE FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM HIS FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE TO REMOVE A CHILD WHO HE REASONABLY BELIEVES IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF SUFFERING HARM IF NOT REMOVED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS IMMUNITY DOES NOT AFFECT CERTAIN OTHER CIVIL LIABILITY. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 15 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: (A) A person is immune from civil liability “Section 153700. for damage resulting from his forcible entry into a motor vehicle for the purpose of removing a minor from the vehicle if the person: (1) determines that the vehicle is locked or that there is no reasonable alternate method for the minor to exit the vehicle; (2) has a good faith belief that forcible entry into the vehicle is necessary because the minor is in imminent danger of suffering harm if not immediately removed from the vehicle and, based upon the circumstances known to the person at the time, the belief is reasonable; (3) uses no more force to enter the vehicle and remove the child from the vehicle than is necessary under the circumstances; (4) has contacted either the local law enforcement agency, the fire department, or the 911 operator before forcibly entering the vehicle;
A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 153700 SO AS TO PROVIDE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A PERSON IS IMMUNE FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM HIS FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE TO REMOVE A CHILD WHO HE REASONABLY BELIEVES IS IN IMMINENT DANGER OF SUFFERING HARM IF NOT REMOVED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS IMMUNITY DOES NOT AFFECT CERTAIN OTHER CIVIL LIABILITY. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 15 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: “Section 153700. (A) A person is immune from civil liability for damage resulting from his forcible entry into a motor vehicle for the purpose of removing a minor from the vehicle if the person: (1) determines that the vehicle is locked or that there is no reasonable alternate method for the minor to exit the vehicle; (2) has a good faith belief that forcible entry into the vehicle is necessary because the minor is in imminent danger of suffering harm if not immediately removed from the vehicle and, based upon the circumstances known to the person at the time, the belief is reasonable; (3) uses no more force to enter the vehicle and remove the child from the vehicle than is necessary under the circumstances; (4) has contacted either the local law enforcement agency, the fire department, or the 911 operator before forcibly entering the vehicle;