H 4121 Session 109 (1991-1992)
H 4121 General Bill, By D.C. Waldrop
A Bill to amend Section 24-3-530, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
relating to capital punishment by electrocution, so as to provide that the
person sentenced to the death penalty has the option of choosing to be
executed by lethal intravenous injection; and to amend Section 24-3-540,
relating to capital punishment , so as to conform this Section to the above
provision.
01/14/92 House Introduced and read first time HJ-189
01/14/92 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-189
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-530, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BY
ELECTROCUTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PERSON
SENTENCED TO THE DEATH PENALTY HAS THE OPTION OF
CHOOSING TO BE EXECUTED BY LETHAL INTRAVENOUS
INJECTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-540, RELATING TO
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, SO AS TO CONFORM THIS SECTION
TO THE ABOVE PROVISION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 24-3-530 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 24-3-530. All persons convicted of capital crime and
having imposed upon them the sentence of death shall suffer
such this penalty by electrocution within the walls of
the State Penitentiary at Columbia under the direction of the
Commissioner of the Department of Corrections instead of by
hanging; provided, that the person convicted has the option of
choosing to be executed by lethal intravenous injection. If this option
is chosen, the person shall suffer the death penalty by being
continuously and intravenously administered a lethal quantity of an
ultrashort-acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic
agent until death is pronounced. The administration of this barbiturate
in combination with a chemical paralytic agent must be made within the
walls of the institution of the Department of Corrections at Columbia
under the direction of the commissioner."
SECTION 2. Section 24-3-540 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 24-3-540. The Board of Corrections shall provide a
death chamber and all necessary appliances for inflicting such
the penalty by electrocution or by lethal intravenous
injection and pay the costs thereof out of any funds in its hands. The
expense of transporting any such the criminal to the
State Penitentiary shall must be borne by the county in
which the offense was committed."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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