South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 611

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Fair, Campsen, O'Dell, Scott, Richardson, Hayes, Williams, Cleary, Thomas and Knotts
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7350ahb05.doc

Introduced in the Senate on March 10, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Destruction of criminal records

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/10/2005  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-4
   3/10/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-4
   3/16/2005  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Hawkins (ch), Cromer, Sheheen, 
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/10/2005

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY AMENDING SECTION 17-1-40, RELATING TO DESTRUCTION OF CRIMINAL RECORDS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CUSTODIAN OF THE LOCAL JAIL SHALL DESTROY ONLY THAT INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE MADE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-9-20.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 17-1-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 17-1-40.    Any A person who after being charged with a criminal offense and such the charge is discharged or proceedings against such the person dismissed or is found to be innocent of such the charge the arrest and booking record, files, mug shots, and fingerprints of such the person shall must be destroyed and no evidence of such the record pertaining to such the charge shall may be retained by any municipal, county, or State law enforcement agency; provided, however, that the custodian of the local jail or detention facility shall destroy only that information required to be made public pursuant to the standards established pursuant to Section 24-9-20."

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

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