South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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S. 33

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Ford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5618cm09.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2009
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology

Summary: Sex offenders

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/10/2008  Senate  Prefiled
  12/10/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2009  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-87
   1/13/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-87
   1/27/2009  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-11
   1/27/2009  Senate  Committed to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-11

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2008

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-21-435 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS WHO ARE SERVING A PROBATIONARY SENTENCE MUST BE PLACED UNDER GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR PROBATIONARY SENTENCES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 5, Chapter 21, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 24-21-435.    A person who is determined to be a sex offender pursuant to Section 23-3-430, who is serving a probationary sentence, and has been determined by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services to pose a great risk of becoming a recidivist, or has been convicted of a second offense pursuant to Section 23-3-430, must be placed under global positioning system satellite surveillance continuously for the duration of his probationary sentence by the department."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and implemented upon the appropriation of sufficient funds by the General Assembly.

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