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Bill 1140

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1140
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020320
Primary Sponsor:                  McConnell
All Sponsors:                     McConnell and Jackson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11455ac02.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          Juvenile offender records; records may be 
                                  provided to Department of Probation, Parole 
                                  and Pardon Services for criminal justice 
                                  purposes including use at parole hearings


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020320  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTIONS 20-7-8510 AND 20-7-8515, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO JUVENILE OFFENDER RECORDS, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND PROVIDING SUCH RECORDS TO STATE AGENCIES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE PROVIDING THESE RECORDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE, AND PARDON SERVICES FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES AND TO FURTHER PROVIDE THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES INCLUDE USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE, AND PARDON SERVICES IN EVALUATING CASES BEFORE THE BOARD IN PAROLE HEARINGS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 20-7-8510(G) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 388 of 2000, is further amended to read:

"(G) The department or the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, or both, must provide to the Attorney General, a solicitor, the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services or a law enforcement agency, upon request, a copy of a child offense history for criminal justice purposes. This information must not be disseminated except as authorized in Section 20-7-8515. The department and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division must maintain the child offense history of a person for the same period as for offenses committed by an adult. For purposes of this subsection, 'criminal justice purposes' include use by the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services for evaluating cases before the board for parole hearings."

SECTION 2. Section 20-7-8515(D) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 388 of 2000, is further amended by adding at the end:

"For purposes of this subsection, 'criminal justice purposes' include use by the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services in evaluating cases before the board for parole hearings."

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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