S 0020 General Bill, By M.B. Williams
    A Bill to ratify an amendment to Section 22, Article V of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, relating to grand and petit juries, so as to authorize the General Assembly to establish a State Grand Jury by general law; and to ratify an amendment to Section 11, Article 1 of the Constitution, relating to the requirement that no person may be held to answer for any crime where the punishment exceeds a fine of two hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury of the county where the crime has been committed, with certain exceptions, so as to provide that nothing contained in the Constitution is deemed to limit or prohibit the establishment by the General Assembly of a State Grand Jury with the authority to return indictments and with that other authority, including procedure, as the General Assembly may provide.

01/12/89	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-37
01/12/89	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-37