South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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H. 3169

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Lucas
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22665zw11.docx

Introduced in the House on January 11, 2011
Currently residing in the House Darlington Delegation

Summary: Darlington County Sherriff

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/7/2010  House   Prefiled
   12/7/2010  House   Referred to Darlington Delegation
   1/11/2011  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 70)
   1/11/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Darlington Delegation 
                        (House Journal-page 70)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/7/2010

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

A BILL

TO AMEND ACT 975 OF 1962, RELATING TO THE DARLINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S CONTROL OVER COUNTY PRISONERS, SO AS TO DELETE A PROVISION THAT STATES "NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS ACT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS GIVING THE SHERIFF ANY CONTROL OR AUTHORITY OVER THE COUNTY CHAIN GANG.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 1 of Act 975 of 1962 is amended to read:

"Section    1.    The Sheriff of Darlington County shall have exclusive control of the employment and housing of county prisoners, the appointment of trustees from among the county prisoners, and the designation of county employees who may be housed in the county jail. Provided, however, that nothing contained in this act shall be construed as giving the Sheriff any control of authority over the county chain gang."

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

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