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Bill 3311

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3311
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990120
Primary Sponsor:                  Knotts
All Sponsors:                     Knotts, Cotty, Whatley, Scott, Kelley, 
                                  Sandifer
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\bbm\10044som99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Pretrial intervention program, Courts; 
                                  minor with alcohol-related misdemeanor 
                                  eligible for


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990120  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 17-22-50, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERSONS WHO MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PRETRIAL INTERVENTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE WHO HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN ACCEPTED INTO AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM AND WHO IS CHARGED WITH AN ALCOHOL-RELATED MISDEMEANOR MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR PRETRIAL INTERVENTION.

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

SECTION 1. Section 17-22-50 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 499 of 1992, is further amended to read:

"Section 17-22-50. (A) A person may not be considered for intervention if he has previously been accepted into an intervention program. nor may intervention Intervention may not be considered for those individuals charged with:

(1) blackmail,

(2) driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs,

(3) any traffic-related offense which is punishable only by fine or loss of points, or

(4) any fish, game, wildlife, or commercial fishery-related offense which is punishable by a loss of eighteen points as provided in Section 50-9-1020, or

(5) any crime of violence as defined in Section 16-1-60.

(B) However, this section Subsection (A) does not apply if the solicitor determines the elements of the crime do not fit the charge.

(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), a person under the age of twenty-one who has not previously been accepted into an intervention program and who is charged with an alcohol-related misdemeanor may be considered for a pretrial intervention program."

SECTION 2. The amendment to Section 17-22-50 as contained in Section 1 of this act applies only to a person arrested or charged on or after this act's effective date.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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