H*4852 (Rat #0713, Act #0579 of 1990) General Bill, By Wilkins, P.M. Burch, H.H. Clyborne, R.S. Corning, Fair, L.E. Gentry, B.H. Harwell, Haskins, Hayes, J.H. Hodges, T.E. Huff, W.P. Keesley, M.H. Kinon, D.E. Martin, McKay, E.L. Nettles and J.B. Wilder
    A Bill to enact the "Safe Schools Act of 1990"; to amend Section 16-23-430, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the crime of carrying weapons on school property, so as to increase the penalties; to amend Section 44-53-445, as amended, relating to the distribution of a controlled substance within a certain proximity of a school, so as to include the unlawful purchasing of a controlled substance as a criminal offense, so as to expand the scope of the crime to include being in a public or private school, on a public playground or park, and in, or within radius of one-half mile of the grounds of, a public vocational or trade school or technical education center, or public or private college or university, provide for a violation involving the distribution, sale, manufacture, or possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, provide a penalty for the purchase of a controlled substance, including crack cocaine, change references from "presumptions of intent to distribute" to "inferences of intent to distribute", and change Code Section references; to amend Section 20-7-430, as amended, relating to transfer of jurisdiction by certain courts over juveniles, so as to provide that if a child fifteen years of age or older is charged with a violation of Section 16-23-430(1) or Section 44-53-445, the court may, under certain conditions and circumstances, bind over the child for proper criminal proceedings to a court which would have trial jurisdiction of the offenses if committed by an adult; to amend Chapter 63, Title 59, relating to education and pupils generally, by adding Article 4 so as to enact the "School Crime Report Act"; to amend Section 59-5-65, relating to the powers and responsibilities of the State Board of Education, so as to provide that the State Board of Education shall develop by regulation a model safe schools checklist to be used by school districts to assess their schools' safety strengths and weaknesses; to require the State Board of Education to promulgate by December 31, 1990, the regulation required pursuant to the item added to Section 59-5-65 by this Act; and to amend Section 16-3-1040, relating to threatening the life, person, or family of a public official, so as to extend the provisions of this Section to a teacher or principal of an elementary or secondary school.-amended title
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03/15/90	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-12
03/15/90	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-13
03/28/90	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-189
04/04/90	House	Amended HJ-42
04/04/90	House	Read second time HJ-44
04/05/90	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-18
04/10/90	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-15
04/10/90	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-16
04/24/90	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-14
04/25/90	Senate	Amended SJ-64
04/25/90	Senate	Read second time SJ-64
04/25/90	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-64
05/02/90	Senate	Special order SJ-24
05/02/90	Senate	Commit to Education Comm. retaining place on calendar SJ-24
05/31/90	Senate	Recalled from Education Committee SJ-25
05/31/90	Senate	Amended SJ-25
06/04/90	Senate	Amended SJ-23
06/04/90	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-27
06/05/90	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-4
06/07/90		Ratified R 713
06/12/90		Signed By Governor
06/12/90		Effective date 06/12/90
06/12/90		Act No. 579
07/06/90		Copies available