S 0307 General Bill, By Ford
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 30-4-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO INSPECT OR COPY PUBLIC RECORDS, SO AS TO ADD
 ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR THE PRECEDING THREE MONTHS AS DOCUMENTS WHICH MUST
 BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND COPYING WHEN THE REQUESTOR APPEARS
 IN PERSON.

   01/30/03  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-6
   01/30/03  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-6

TO AMEND SECTION 30-4-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO INSPECT OR COPY PUBLIC RECORDS, SO AS TO ADD ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR THE PRECEDING THREE MONTHS AS DOCUMENTS WHICH MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND COPYING WHEN THE REQUESTOR APPEARS IN PERSON.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 30-4-30(d) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 423 of 1998, is amended to read:

"(d)    The following records of a public body must be made available for public inspection and copying during the hours of operations of the public body without the requestor being required to make a written request to inspect or copy the records when the requestor appears in person:

(1)    minutes of the meetings of the public body for the preceding six months;

(2)    all reports identified in Section 30-4-50(A)(8) for at least the fourteen-day period before the current day; and

(3)    documents identifying persons confined in any jail, detention center, or prison for the preceding three months; and

(4)    arrest warrants issued for the preceding three months."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.