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TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 16 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS; BY ADDING SECTION 16-1-140 TO ENHANCE THE SENTENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF A SERIOUS OR MOST SERIOUS OFFENSE THAT HE COMMITTED WHILE HE WAS RELEASED ON BOND FOR A SERIOUS OR MOST SERIOUS OFFENSE FOR WHICH HE WAS ALSO CONVICTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 16 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 16-1-140. When an individual who is convicted of a serious, most serious, or violent offense, or a lesser included offense, that he committed while he was released on bond for a serious, most serious, or violent offense for which he was also convicted, or for which he was convicted of a lesser included offense, may have added to his sentence an amount of time up to forty percent of the maximum sentence for the offense that he committed while released on bond."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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