South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A243, R326, H3762

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Harrison
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5259cm03.doc

Introduced in the House on March 11, 2003
Introduced in the Senate on February 18, 2004
Passed by the General Assembly on May 18, 2004
Governor's Action: May 24, 2004, Signed

Summary: Trial judge authorized to waive certain inmate work release notifications

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/11/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-13
   3/11/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-13
   2/11/2004  House   Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-8
   2/17/2004  House   Read second time HJ-24
   2/18/2004  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-33
   2/18/2004  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-11
   2/18/2004  Senate  Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-11
    3/3/2004  Senate  Polled out of committee Corrections and Penology SJ-22
    3/3/2004  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Corrections and Penology 
                        SJ-22
    3/4/2004  Senate  Read second time SJ-15
   5/18/2004  Senate  Read third time and enrolled SJ-19
   5/19/2004          Ratified R 326
   5/24/2004          Signed By Governor
   5/27/2004          Copies available
   5/27/2004          Effective date 05/24/04
   6/10/2004          Act No. 243

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/11/2003
2/11/2004
3/3/2004


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A243, R326, H3762)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERSONS CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE WHO ARE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A TRIAL JUDGE MAY CHOOSE TO NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF THE PENDING RELEASE OF CERTAIN INMATES ON WORK RELEASE.

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

Waiver of notification

SECTION    1.    Section 24-3-20(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 83 of 1995, is further amended to read:

"(B)    When the director determines that the character and attitude of a prisoner reasonably indicates that he may be trusted, he may extend the limits of the place of confinement of the prisoner by authorizing him to work at paid employment or participate in a training program in the community on a voluntary basis while continuing as a prisoner, if the director determines that:

(1)    the paid employment will not result in the displacement of employed workers, nor be applied in skills, crafts, or trades in which there is surplus of available gainful labor in the locality, nor impair existing contracts for services; and

(2)    the rates of pay and other conditions of employment will not be less than those paid and provided for work of similar nature in the locality in which the work is to be performed.

The department shall notify victims registered pursuant to Article 15, Chapter 3, Title 16 and the trial judge, solicitor, and sheriff of the county or the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction where the offense occurred before releasing inmates on work release. However, the trial judge may waive his right to receive the notification contained in this section by notifying the department of this waiver in writing. The department shall have the authority to deny release based upon opinions received from these persons, if any, as to the suitability of the release.

A prisoner's place of confinement may not be extended as permitted by this subsection who is currently serving a sentence for or has a prior conviction of: criminal sexual conduct in the first, second, or third degree; attempted criminal sexual conduct; assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct; criminal sexual conduct when the victim is his legal spouse; criminal sexual conduct with a minor; committing or attempting to commit a lewd act on a child; engaging a child for sexual performance; or spousal sexual battery. A prisoner who is serving a sentence for a 'no parole offense' as defined in Section 24-13-100 and who is otherwise eligible for work release shall not have his place of confinement extended until he has served the minimum period of incarceration as set forth in Section 24-13-125."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 19th day of May, 2004.

Approved the 24th day of May, 2004.

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