Bill 104

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    104
Primary Sponsor:                McConnell
Committee Number:               03
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Violent offender, maximum security
                                facility
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              Corrections and Penology
Computer Document Number:       OLDVS/LIBX/2392
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Jan 08, 1991
Last History Type:              Introduced and read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   McConnell
                                Giese
                                Rose
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 104   Senate  Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       03
                             time, referred to Committee
 104   Senate  Sep 17, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           03
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CONFINEMENT OF PRISONERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME MAY NOT SERVE HIS SENTENCE FOR THAT CONVICTION IN A MINIMUM SECURITY FACILITY AND TO DELETE AN OBSOLETE REFERENCE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 24-3-20(a) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24-3-10, any a person convicted of an offense against the this State of South Carolina and committed sentenced to the State Penitentiary at Columbia shall be imprisonment is in the custody of the State Board of Corrections of the State of South Carolina, and the board shall designate the place of confinement where the sentence shall must be served. The board may designate as a place of confinement any available, suitable, and appropriate institution or facility, including a county jail or prison camp, whether maintained by the State Department of Corrections or otherwise. However, a person convicted of a violent crime, as defined in Section 16-1-60, may not serve his sentence for that conviction in a minimum security facility. Provided, that if If the facility is not maintained by the department, the consent of the sheriff of the county wherein in which the facility is located must first be obtained first."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.