if you wear baggy saggy pants, avoid south carolina

[bill]

The proposed bill would make it illegal to wear your pants below your hips.

South Carolina lawmakers are hoping to pass a bill to ban saggy pants throughout the state.

House Bill 4957 would make it illegal for a person to expose their skin or underwear by wearing their pants "three inches below the crest of his ileum" —the top of the hips.

Violation fines equal just enough to buy that much needed belt: $25 for a first offense; $50 or three hours of community service for a second offense; and $75 or six hours of community service for a third or subsequent offense.

Violations wouldn't be considered criminal or delinquent, or put state college or university financial assistance at risk.

"It's unbecoming, it's unprofessional,' said Rep. Joe Jefferson, a Democrat from Berkeley County who's one of the bill's sponsors. "Now there's some misunderstanding. I understand that some people are assuming that if one is caught, then they won't be allowed to go to college, grants, loans, all these other opportunities will be taken away. That's not the case at all. This is just to prevent these fellas and giving them at least an obligation to realize that they're walking around and they're convincing others to follow them. That's not what it's all about."

Jefferson said the bill is not designed to target minorities.

"it's no more than a warning to allow these fellas to be more responsible," says Jefferson. "It is not just targeting African-American men. I see men of all races walking around with this same problem. It is just disingenuous, we should not have this. There ought to be a better way."

Three Midlands lawmakers co-sponsored the bill: Jimmy Bales (D-Richland), Richard Martin (R-Newberry) and Russell Ott (D-Calhoun).

Other co-sponsors include Robert Brown (D-Charleston), Wendell Gilliard (D-Charleston), Linda Bennett (R-Charleston County), Carl Anderson (D-Georgetown), Steven Wayne Long (R-Spartanburg) and Robert Williams (D-Georgetown).

The bill has been referred to the Judiciary Committee.

[TheButcher]

Who’s going to enforce this

[jag]

What if baggy pants become popular again , then what.

[TheButcher]

What if baggy pants become popular again , then what.

Good point Jag, but the the trend is so narrow, very close to what we had called "drain pipes" when I was younger.

[nudelinks]

No reason to wear your pants below the ass crack period. Fuck fashion it looks disgusting.

[bill]

i've never worn baggy, saggy pants

it would drive too many girls wildly insane if i did

[Kev]

i've never worn baggy, saggy pants

it would drive too many girls wildly insane if i did

If I didn't know you from the former sponsorchat I would make a sarcastic remark, but you're too cool to mess with.

[Sneaky]

Have you seen the latest trend in pants?????????
Baggy is long out dudes.

[TheButcher]

Have you seen the latest trend in pants?????????
Baggy is long out dudes.

I see guys wearing them all the time, I guess they missed the news on style

[Franksdomains]

It will be years before that ugly trend comes back.

[TheButcher]

It will be years before that ugly trend comes back.

I hope so.That and "Bell bottoms"