South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 320

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Land
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5097cm07.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 24, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology

Summary: Department of Corrections

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/24/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-4
   1/24/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-4

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/24/2007

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-60, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO A CLERK OF COURT'S DUTY TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OF THE NUMBER OF CONVICTS SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT IN THE PENITENTIARY, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SHALL REIMBURSE A COUNTY FOR ALL COSTS THE COUNTY INCURS FOR HOUSING THE CONVICT FROM THE DATE THAT HE IS CONVICTED UNTIL THE DATE THAT HE IS TRANSFERRED TO A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FACILITY.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 24-3-60 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 24-3-60.    (A)    The clerks of the courts of general sessions and common pleas of the several counties in this State shall immediately after the adjournment of the court of general sessions, in their respective counties, notify the Department of Corrections of the number of convicts sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the penitentiary a Department of Corrections facility. The department, as soon as it receives such that notice, shall send a suitable number of guards to convey such transfer the convicts to the penitentiary a Department of Corrections facility.

(B)    The department shall reimburse a county for all costs the county incurs for the housing of a convict from the date that he is convicted until the date that he is transferred to a Department of Corrections facility."

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

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