Wearing saggy pants could be illegal if S.C. bill becomes law
Several lawmakers want to ban people from wearing saggy pants in public in South Carolina.
The proposal would make it unlawful to do so if pants were worn too low, exposing 바카라 게임 웹사이트skin or undergarments.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Violators would be subject to civil fines up to the following:
—$25 for a first offense.
— $50 or no more than three hours of community service or both for a second offense.
— $75 or no more than six hours of community service or both for a third or subsequent offense.
A violation wouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t be a criminal or delinquent offense, according to the bill. It wouldn바카라 게임 웹사이트t be grounds for denying or taking away one바카라 게임 웹사이트s financial assistance in state college or university programs.
Many people lambasted the proposal, questioning legislators바카라 게임 웹사이트 priorities. Others said it바카라 게임 웹사이트s racist.
The bill currently has apparent problems.
It refers to people being subject to fines but repeatedly defines the illegal act in terms of the male pronoun 바카라 게임 웹사이트his.바카라 게임 웹사이트 But Rep. Wendell Gilliard, D-Charleston, told WCIV-TV that indecent exposure would apply to women who wear 바카라 게임 웹사이트pants down by their ankles or below the waist.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Gilliard was one of six lawmakers as of mid-Wednesday who requested to withdraw their names as sponsors of the bill.
The bill also defines the violation by wearing pants that sag more than three inches below the 바카라 게임 웹사이트crest of his ileum exposing his skin or undergarments.바카라 게임 웹사이트 According to 바카라 게임 웹사이트Essentials of Medical Assisting,바카라 게임 웹사이트 ileum refers to the intestinal area, whereas ilium refers to the hip area, even though they바카라 게임 웹사이트re pronounced the same way.