1987-1988 Bill 2290: Conditions of probation, so as to delete the prohibition against a probationer being required to submit to surveillance by electronic means

South Carolina General Assembly
107th Session, 1987-1988

Bill 2290

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2290
Ratification Number:       57
Act Number                 31
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Conditions of probation, so as to delete
                           the prohibition against a probationer being
                           required to submit to surveillance by
                           electronic means

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(A31, R57, H2290)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-430, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CONDITIONS OF PROBATION, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROHIBITION AGAINST A PROBATIONER BEING REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO SURVEILLANCE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, AND TO PERMIT THIS ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE OF A PROBATIONER.

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

Electronic surveillance of probationers

SECTION 1. Section 24-21-430 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 462 of 1986, is further amended to read:

"Section 24-21-430. The court shall determine and may impose by order duly entered and may at any time modify the conditions of probation and may include among them any of the following or any other condition not herein prohibited.

The probationer shall:

(1) refrain from the violations of any state or federal penal laws;

(2) avoid injurious or vicious habits;

(3) avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful character;

(4) permit the probation officer to visit at his home or elsewhere;

(5) work faithfully at suitable employment as far as possible;

(6) pay a fine in one or several sums as directed by the court;

(7) perform public service work as directed by the court;

(8) submit to a urinalysis or a blood test or both upon request of the probation agent;

(9) submit to curfew restrictions;

(10) submit to house arrest which is confinement in a residence for a period of twenty-four hours a day, with only those exceptions as the court may expressly grant in its discretion;

(11) submit to intensive surveillance which may include surveillance by electronic means;

(12) support his dependents; and

(13) follow the probation officer's instructions and advice regarding recreational and social activities."

Time effective

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