View Amendment Current Amendment: 1 to Bill 289 The Committee on Judiciary proposes the following Amendment No. 1 to S. 289 (COUNCIL\AHB\289C004.BH.AHB17):

Reference is to Printer's Date 3/29/17-S.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, PART II, after SECTION 10, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

/      SECTION      ___.      Section 63-19-480 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

     "Section 63-19-480.      There is created a fund within the Department of Juvenile Justice for the compensation of victims of crime. All contributions deducted from a juvenile's wages pursuant to Section 63-19-450(E)(3) or 63-19-460(C)(3) must be deposited into this fund. Of the amount contributed to the fund by each juvenile, ninety-five percent must be paid by the department on behalf of the juvenile as restitution to the victim or victims of the juvenile's adjudicated crime as ordered by the family court or the releasing entity, and five percent must be submitted to the South Carolina Victims' Compensation Fund Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund. If the amount of restitution ordered has been paid in full or if there is no victim of the juvenile's adjudicated crime, the juvenile's contributions must be submitted to the South Carolina Victims' Compensation Fund Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund."      /

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, PART II, SECTION 2, by deleting Section 1-7-1100 and inserting:

/      Section 1-7-1100.      The following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities, as well as the employees, funds, property, and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division:
     (1)      State Office of Victim Assistance, provided for in Articles 13 and 14, Chapter 3, Title 16;
     (2)      South Carolina Crime Victim Ombudsman, provided for in Article 16, Chapter 3, Title 16;
     (3)      that portion of the Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs of the Department of Public Safety that administers the Victims of Crime Act grants, the Violence Against Women Act grants, and the State Victim Assistance Program grants;
     (4)      on July 1, 2018, those grants and awards available under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) Program, the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program (the Coverdell law), Title II Formula Grants Program, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP), Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG), and Statistical Analysis Center grant program.      /

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, PART II, SECTION 8 A., by deleting Section 16-3-1095 and inserting:

/      Section 16-3-1095.      (A)      The Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants is created within the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division to administer the Victims of Crime Act grants, the Violence Against Women Act grants, the State Victim's Assistance Program grants, and beginning on July 1, 2018, the following: the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) Program, the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program (the Coverdell law), Title II Formula Grants Program, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP), Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG), and Statistical Analysis Center grant program.
     (B)      The Director of the Crime Victim Services Division shall appoint a deputy director of the department. The deputy director shall establish a process to solicit and administer the disbursement of funds for Victims of Crime Act grants, the Violence Against Women Act grants, and the State Victim's Assistance Program grants available under Public Law 98-473 establishing the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA-I) established under Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1944, Public Law No. 103-322, 108 Stat. 1796 (September 13, 1994); and beginning on July 1, 2018, the following: the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program awards authorized by the 42 U.S.C. Section 3751(a) designated under Section 507 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) Program under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-322, Section 1901); the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program authorized by Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Part BB, codified at 42 U.S.C. Section 3797j-3797o (the Coverdell law); the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Grant Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-181); Title II Formula Grants Program authorized under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP Act) of 1974, as amended, at 42 U.S.C. 5631-5633; Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et esq.); Statistical Analysis Center grant program administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics within the U.S. Department of Justice; and administer all other crime victim service and other Department of Justice grant program funding as provided by law including, but not limited to, the authority to solicit for federal formula or discretionary grant awards and foundation funding." /

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, PART II, SECTION 8 D., by deleting Section 23-6-520(5) and inserting:

/      (5)      in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants establish a process to solicit and administer the disbursement of funds for Victims of Crime Act grants, the Violence Against Women Act grants, the State Victim's Assistance Program grants available under Public Law 98-473 establishing the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA-I) established under Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1944, Public Law No. 103-322, 108 Stat. 1796 (September 13, 1994); and beginning on July 1, 2018, the following: the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program awards authorized by the 42 U.S.C. Section 3751(a) designated under Section 507 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) Program under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-322, Section 1901); the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program authorized by Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Part BB, codified at 42 U.S.C. Section 3797j-3797o (the Coverdell law); the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Grant Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-181); Title II Formula Grants Program authorized under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDP Act) of 1974, as amended, at 42 U.S.C. 5631-5633; Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee et esq.); Statistical Analysis Center grant program administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics within the U.S. Department of Justice; and all other crime victim service and other Department of Justice grant program funding as provided by law including, but not limited to, the authority to solicit for federal formula or discretionary grant awards and foundation funding."      /

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, PART VII, by deleting SECTION 16 and inserting:

/ SECTION      16.      This act takes effect on July 1, 2017, except that the transfer of those grants and awards delineated in PART II, SECTION 2, Section 1-7-1100(4), are effective on July 1, 2018.
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Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.