A BILL TO PART 1, CHAPTER 6, TITLE 37 OF THE 1976 CODE, BY ADDING SECTION 376119, TO DEFINE AND PROHIBIT UNFAIR PRACTICES TARGETING VULNERABLE ADULTS BY OBTAINING MONEY, PROPERTY, OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION THROUGH DECEPTION, INTIMIDATION, UNDUE INFLUENCE, OR FALSE MISLEADING, OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES; TO PROVIDE A RIGHT OF ACTION, RECOVERY AMOUNTS, AND PENALTIES; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE REMEDIAL PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER ARE CUMULATIVE. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Part 1, Chapter 6, Title 37 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: 376119. (A) For the purpose of this section: “Section (1) identifying information’ has the same meaning ‘Personal as provided in Section 1613510(D). (2) adult’ has the same meaning as provided in ‘Vulnerable Section 433510(11). (B) A person shall not knowingly or willfully solicit or obtain by deception, intimidation, undue influence, or false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices: (1) the money or property of a vulnerable adult; or (2) the personal identifying information of a vulnerable adult for the purposes of committing financial identity fraud or identity fraud as defined in Section 1613510. (C) A vulnerable adult, a person legally authorized, or the estate of an injured vulnerable adult may file a civil action to
A BILL TO PART 1, CHAPTER 6, TITLE 37 OF THE 1976 CODE, BY ADDING SECTION 376119, TO DEFINE AND PROHIBIT UNFAIR PRACTICES TARGETING VULNERABLE ADULTS BY OBTAINING MONEY, PROPERTY, OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION THROUGH DECEPTION, INTIMIDATION, UNDUE INFLUENCE, OR FALSE MISLEADING, OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES; TO PROVIDE A RIGHT OF ACTION, RECOVERY AMOUNTS, AND PENALTIES; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE REMEDIAL PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER ARE CUMULATIVE. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Part 1, Chapter 6, Title 37 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: “Section 376119. (A) For the purpose of this section: (1) ‘Personal identifying information’ has the same meaning as provided in Section 1613510(D). (2) ‘Vulnerable adult’ has the same meaning as provided in Section 433510(11). (B) A person shall not knowingly or willfully solicit or obtain by deception, intimidation, undue influence, or false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices: (1) the money or property of a vulnerable adult; or (2) the personal identifying information of a vulnerable adult for the purposes of committing financial identity fraud or identity fraud as defined in Section 1613510. (C) A vulnerable adult, a person legally authorized, or the estate of an injured vulnerable adult may file a civil action to
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