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H. 4472
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Limehouse, Chumley and Burns
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\26336cm16.docx
Introduced in the House on January 12, 2016
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Inmates transferred from federal facility located in Guantanamo Bay Cuba
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/3/2015 House Prefiled
12/3/2015 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/12/2016 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 74)
1/12/2016 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 74)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-3-980 SO AS TO PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PLACEMENT, RELEASE, AND RIGHTS OF AN INMATE WHO IS MOVED FROM A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FACILITY LOCATED IN GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA AND PLACED IN A FACILITY LOCATED IN THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 9, Chapter 3, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 24-3-980. Notwithstanding another provision of law, an inmate who is moved from the federal government's installation located in Guantanamo Bay Cuba and placed in a facility located in this State must not be kept in a facility located within two thousand feet of a school, daycare facility, hospital, church, or residential neighborhood."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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