S 0110 General Bill, By W.R. Lee
Similar (H 2155)
    A Bill to amend Section 44-53-530, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to narcotics and controlled substances and forfeiture and disposition of conveyances used to transport illegal drugs, so as to require only the showing of need instead of substantial and compelling need that a law enforcement agency must show in requesting the court to transfer to the agency an item or title to an item seized in an arrest; to authorize the proceeds from the sale of an item to be remitted to the law enforcement agency with no further disclosure of disposition of the item required; and to amend Section 44-53-588, relating to a special account required to be set up by the State Treasurer for proceeds from the sale of a forfeited item which must be remitted in a limited amount to the body or agency which seized the item, so as to require the State Treasurer to remit to the law enforcement agency instead of a local governing body the limited proceeds from the sale of the forfeited item, to delete the requirement that the proceeds must be used for drug rehabilitation purposes, and to prohibit the use of these funds to supplant current operating funds within the local law enforcement agency's budget.

01/17/85	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-169
01/17/85	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-170