Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:789 Primary Sponsor:Rose Committee Number:11 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Capital cases Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:789 Introduced Date:19930520 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19930520 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rose Richter Type of Legislation:General Bill
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789 Senate 19930520 Introduced, read first time, 11
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-26, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND INVESTIGATIVE EXPERTS IN CAPITAL CASES, BY ADDING SUBSECTION (D) SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE AN ANNUAL WRITTEN ACCOUNTING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CASES IN WHICH SUCH APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE, THE NAMES OF THE JUDGES MAKING THE APPOINTMENTS, THE NATURE OF THE SPECIFIC SERVICES PROVIDED, THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH SUCH SERVICES WERE ORDERED, AND THE TOTAL COSTS THEREOF.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 16-3-26 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"(D) Whenever the Court shall order appointment of counsel and expert witnesses to assist an indigent person in the presentation of a defense pursuant to the provisions of this section, the judiciary, through the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, shall be required to make an annual written accounting to the General Assembly not later than the third Tuesday in January. The accounting must include the name and number of the case, the name of the judges making the appointment, the nature of the specific services provided by expert witnesses, the specific purpose for which the expert services were ordered, and the total costs of the services provided."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.