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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4389 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000111 Primary Sponsor:Seithel All Sponsors:Seithel, Gamble, Meacham-Richardson, Simrill, Bales Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\skb\18101som00.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Magistrates, bailing at bond hearing; criminal domestic violence cases detained for forty-eight hours; Courts History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20000111 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee House 20000105 Prefiled, referred to Committee 25 HJ Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 22-5-510, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BOND HEARINGS AND THE RELEASE OF DEFENDANTS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A MAGISTRATE TO HOLD A DEFENDANT IN A CASE INVOLVING CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER ARREST, UPON REQUEST OF THE VICTIM AND UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN AT THE BOND HEARING.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 22-5-510(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 425 of 1998, is further amended to read:
"(B) A person charged with a bailable offense must have a bond hearing within twenty-four hours of his arrest and must be released within a reasonable time, not to exceed four hours, after the bond is delivered to the incarcerating facility. However, in cases involving violations of Chapter 25, Title 16, a magistrate, upon request from the alleged victim and upon good cause shown at the hearing, may deny release until forty-eight hours after the defendant's arrest."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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