H 3439 General Bill, By T.A. Limehouse
    A Bill to amend Section 16-23-490, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to increased penalties for committing certain crimes while in possession of a firearm, so as to update the list of offenses, include possession of a knife under the penalties, and to provide for an additional sentence of imprisonment of not less than five nor more than ten years which may not be suspended, reduced by parole, or work or education credits; to amend Section 24-13-230, as amended, relating to prison sentence reduction for a productive duty assignment, so as to permit a similar reduction for prisoners enrolled in academic or vocational education programs, to make ineligible for the reduction prisoners convicted of certain offenses, and to extend the reduction policy for productive duty to prisoners confined in local correctional facilities; and to amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 24-13-640 so as to restrict eligibility to work release programs to prisoners until six months prior to their parole eligibility date and to make ineligible for work release at any time prisoners convicted of certain offenses.

02/05/86	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-493
02/05/86	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-493