H 4240 Session 109 (1991-1992)
H 4240 General Bill, By Harrison
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 for the
execution of the death penalty by the intravenous injection of a lethal drug
instead of by electrocution and delete certain language; and 24-3-540,
relating to the death chamber and the expenses incurred in transporting the
criminal to the place of execution, so as to, among other things, delete the
reference to electrocution.
01/22/92 House Introduced and read first time HJ-7
01/22/92 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-7
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTIONS 24-3-530, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BY
ELECTROCUTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXECUTION
OF THE DEATH PENALTY BY THE INTRAVENOUS INJECTION
OF A LETHAL DRUG INSTEAD OF BY ELECTROCUTION AND
DELETE CERTAIN LANGUAGE; AND 24-3-540, RELATING TO
THE DEATH CHAMBER AND THE EXPENSES INCURRED IN
TRANSPORTING THE CRIMINAL TO THE PLACE OF
EXECUTION, SO AS TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, DELETE THE
REFERENCE TO ELECTROCUTION.
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 the 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 at any time before the hour of sunrise on the day set for
the execution but not less than thirty days from the day of sentence, as
the court may adjudge, by the continuous intravenous administration of
a lethal quantity of an ultrashort-acting barbiturate in combination with
a chemical paralytic agent until death is pronounced by a licensed
physician according to acceptable standards of medical
practice."
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 equipment
for inflicting such the penalty by electrocution
and pay the costs thereof of it out of any funds in its
hands. The expense of transporting any such criminal to the State
Penitentiary shall 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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