South Carolina General Assembly

General Appropriations Bill H. 4700 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998

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10     SECTION 38 - N08 - PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON, DEPARTMENT OF
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12          38.1.   (DPPP: Hearing Fee)  The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services shall receive a hearing fee under a plan
13     approved by the Budget and Control Board.
14          38.2.   (DPPP: Electronic Monitoring Fee Assessment)  Every person placed on electronic monitoring shall be assessed a fee to be
15     determined by the Department in accordance with SC Code §24-21-80, so long as he remains in the electronic monitoring program.  The
16     payment of the fee must be a condition of parole or probation and a delinquency of two months or more in making payments may operate
17     as a revocation.  All fees generated by this assessment shall be retained by the department to support the electronic monitoring program
18     and carried forward for the same purpose.
19          38.3.   (DPPP: Electronic Monitoring Program)  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services
20     for community corrections, other operating expenses, the Department may expend up to $1,333,333 for the expansion of existing
21     community electronic monitoring of criminal offenders under the jurisdiction of the Department.  In addition, before September 1, 1996,
22     the Department shall develop and submit a plan to the Senate Corrections and Penology Committee and the House Judiciary Committee
23     identifying additional offender populations to be placed on electronic monitoring and any necessary statutory revisions or additional
24     funding required in order to fully implement this plan.  Offenders placed on electronic monitoring must be selected pursuant to criteria
25     developed by the Department, and no offenders may be placed on electronic monitoring unless the offender is in a population that is within
26     the purview of the Department's electronic monitoring authority.
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