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H*3499 (Rat #0587, Act #0489 of 1984) General Bill, By P. Freeman
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A Bill to amend Article 13, Chapter 3, Title 16, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the compensation of victims of crime, the South Carolina Victim's Compensation Fund, and the South Carolina Crime Victim's Advisory Board, so as to provide that appeals from initial decisions under the Article shall be made to the Board or a panel of the Board rather than to an Industrial Commissioner, to expand the membership of the Board and provide for the terms and qualifications of the additional members, to further provide for the functions and duties of the Board, to revise certain criteria pertaining to the eligibility for and amount of the awards to victims of crime, to revise the residency requirements for persons who qualify for an award, to provide that licensed health care or medical facilities under certain conditions are eligible for awards to cover the cost of medicolegal exams given to particular victims, to further provide for the functions of the Director of the Victim's Compensation Fund in regard to victim restitution programs and to provide that restitution payments to the Fund may be made by the Department of Corrections from the wages accumulated by offenders in its custody, to provide that the interest accruing on the monies held in the Victim's Compensation Fund shall be placed in the Fund, and to make other necessary revisions in the Article to accomplish the above; and to amend Chapter 3, Title 16 of the 1976 Code relating to crimes and offenses by adding Article 14 so as to establish a State Victim/Witness Assistance Program.-amended title
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Similar (S 0794)
A Bill to amend Article 13, Chapter 3, Title 16, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the compensation of victims of crime, the South Carolina Victim's Compensation Fund, and the South Carolina Crime Victim's Advisory Board, so as to provide that appeals from initial decisions under the Article shall be made to the Board or a panel of the Board rather than to an Industrial Commissioner, to expand the membership of the Board and provide for the terms and qualifications of the additional members, to further provide for the functions and duties of the Board, to revise certain criteria pertaining to the eligibility for and amount of the awards to victims of crime, to revise the residency requirements for persons who qualify for an award, to provide that licensed health care or medical facilities under certain conditions are eligible for awards to cover the cost of medicolegal exams given to particular victims, to further provide for the functions of the Director of the Victim's Compensation Fund in regard to victim restitution programs and to provide that restitution payments to the Fund may be made by the Department of Corrections from the wages accumulated by offenders in its custody, to provide that the interest accruing on the monies held in the Victim's Compensation Fund shall be placed in the Fund, and to make other necessary revisions in the Article to accomplish the above; and to amend Chapter 3, Title 16 of the 1976 Code relating to crimes and offenses by adding Article 14 so as to establish a State Victim/Witness Assistance Program.-amended title
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| 02/09/84 | House | Introduced and read first time HJ-868 |
| 02/09/84 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-868 |
| 04/19/84 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-2511 |
| 04/25/84 | House | Amended HJ-2612 |
| 04/25/84 | House | Read second time HJ-2616 |
| 04/26/84 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-2652 |
| 04/26/84 | Senate | Introduced and read first time SJ-1575 |
| 04/26/84 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-1575 |
| 05/15/84 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-1804 |
| 05/24/84 | Senate | Amended SJ-1928 |
| 05/24/84 | Senate | Read second time SJ-1942 |
| 05/24/84 | Senate | Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-1942 |
| 06/06/84 | Senate | Amended SJ-2251 |
| 06/06/84 | Senate | Read third time SJ-2253 |
| 06/06/84 | Senate | Returned SJ-2253 |
| 06/14/84 | House | Debate adjourned on amendments HJ-3753 |
| 06/18/84 | House | Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-3773 |
| 06/21/84 | Ratified R 587 | |
| 06/22/84 | Signed By Governor | |
| 06/22/84 | Effective date 06/22/84 | |
| 06/22/84 | Act No. 489 | |
| 07/02/84 | Copies available |