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S*0101 (Rat #0215, Act #0138 of 1995) General Bill, By Leventis, Elliott, Giese, M.T. Rose and Ryberg
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    A Bill to amend Section 22-3-550, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to a magistrate's jurisdiction over certain criminal offenses and a magistrate's authority to impose sentences, so as to revise the criminal offenses over which magistrates have jurisdiction and a magistrate's authority to impose sentences, and to provide that the prohibition against a magistrate sentencing any person to consecutive terms of imprisonment totaling more than ninety days does not apply to sentences for convictions resulting from fraudulent check or shoplifting violations and to require the magistrate to specify an amount of restitution at the time of sentencing in these cases as an alternative to any imprisonment of more than ninety days; to amend Section 16-25-60, as amended, relating to persons required to appear before a judge in criminal domestic violence cases, so as to further provide for the conditions for suspending sentence; to amend Section 20-4-70 relating to duration of protection orders in domestic abuse cases, so as to further provide for the duration and enforcement of these orders; to amend Section 34-11-70, as amended, relating to fraudulent checks, so as to increase the service charges which may be imposed in connection with such checks and certain notice requirements under the Section; to amend Section 56-5-765 relating to investigations of traffic collisions involving motor vehicles or motorcycles of law enforcement agencies, so as to further provide for the types of collisions to which the Section applies and the authority of the law enforcement agency involved to investigate the collision; to add Section 56-5-2780 so as to provide the penalties for unlawfully passing a stopped school bus including providing for a felony if the violation causes great bodily injury or death to a pedestrian; and to amend Section 56-5-2775, as amended, relating to penalties for unlawfully passing a stopped school bus and for unlawfully passing or proceeding at traffic or railroad crossings, so as to delete references to penalties for unlawfully passing a stopped school bus which are now provided in Section 56-5-2780.-amended title
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10/03/94Senate Prefiled
10/03/94Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/10/95Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-38
01/10/95Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-38
02/08/95Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-17
02/09/95Senate Amended SJ-16
02/09/95Senate Read second time SJ-16
02/14/95Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-15
02/15/95House Introduced and read first time HJ-14
02/15/95House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-14
05/18/95House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-40
05/24/95House Amended HJ-26
05/24/95House Debate adjourned HJ-31
05/24/95House Reconsidered HJ-87
05/24/95House Amended HJ-87
05/24/95House Read second time HJ-88
05/25/95House Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-8
05/31/95Senate House amendment amended SJ-5
05/31/95Senate Returned to House with amendments SJ-5
05/31/95House Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-107
05/31/95Senate Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Sens. Courson, Holland, Moore SJ-118
05/31/95House Conference committee appointed Reps. Jennings, Cobb-Hunter & Fleming HJ-151
06/01/95Senate Sen. Courson resigns, Sen. Stilwell appointed SJ-392
06/01/95House Free conference powers granted HJ-77
06/01/95House Free conference committee appointed Reps. Jennings, Cobb-Hunter & Fleming HJ-79
06/01/95House Free conference report received and adopted HJ-79
06/13/95Senate Free conference powers granted SJ-20
06/13/95Senate Free conference committee appointed Sens. Moore, Holland, Stilwell SJ-20
06/13/95Senate Free conference report received and adopted SJ-20
06/13/95House Ordered enrolled for ratification HJ-36
06/15/95 Ratified R 215
06/28/95 Signed By Governor
06/28/95 Effective date 06/28/95
08/15/95 Copies available
08/15/95 Act No. 138



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