South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 650

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Ford, Knotts, Mescher, Cromer, Courson, Pinckney, Sheheen, Williams and Leventis
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6434cm05.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 741

Introduced in the Senate on March 22, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology

Summary: Sex offenders

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/22/2005  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-6
   3/22/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-6

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3/22/2005

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-21-435 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SEX OFFENDER WHO IS SERVING A PROBATIONARY SENTENCE MUST BE PLACED UNDER GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE DURATION OF HIS PROBATIONARY SENTENCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 5, Section 21, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 24-21-435.    A person who is determined to be a sex offender pursuant to Section 23-3-430 and who is serving a probationary sentence must be placed under global positioning system satellite surveillance continuously for the duration of his probationary sentence by the department."

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

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