South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

H. 4604

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. McKnight, Burns and Cobb-Hunter
Document Path: l:\council\bills\jn\3469sa22.docx

Introduced in the House on January 11, 2022
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: George Stinney Fund

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11/17/2021  House   Prefiled
  11/17/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
   1/11/2022  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 66)
   1/11/2022  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 66)

View the latest legislative information at the website

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/17/2021

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

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-11-498 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE "GEORGE STINNEY FUND" FROM WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION SHALL OPERATE A GRANT PROGRAM TO COMPENSATE THE FAMILY OF A PERSON WHO WAS WRONGFULLY EXECUTED; AND TO APPROPRIATE TEN MILLION DOLLARS TO THE FUND.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 11, Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 1-11-498.    (A)    There is created a subfund within the Department of Administration entitled the 'George Stinney Fund'. The fund must be used by the department to operate a grant program whereby the family of a wrongfully executed person may apply to receive a grant to compensate the family for the wrongful execution.

    (B)    A person is considered to be wrongfully executed if the person was executed by the State and subsequently is exonerated by a court of competent jurisdiction.

    (C)    Upon application, the department must award the family of a wrongfully executed person ten million dollars regardless of when the person was wrongfully executed."

SECTION    2.    From the Contingency Reserve Fund there is appropriated ten million dollars to the George Stinney Fund within the Department of Administration established pursuant to Section 1-11-498.

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

----XX----


This web page was last updated on January 12, 2022 at 4:20 PM