Air conditioning theft? South Carolina passes new law.

Air conditioning theft? South Carolina passes new law.

Air conditioning units and farm irrigation systems are being targeted by thieves for their copper. South Carolina governor signs new law that prohibits recyclers from buying copper for cash.

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Govenor Nikki Haley (pictured here May 5, 2011, talking to the media outside the grand ballroom of the Hyatt Regency in Greenville, S.C.) has signed into a law a measure aimed at curbing the theft of copper from air conditioning and farm irrigation systems.

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