South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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S. 509

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Thurmond, Hembree and Rankin
Document Path: l:\s-res\pt\006moni.hm.pt.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 440, 520, 3855

Introduced in the Senate on March 12, 2013
Introduced in the House on May 22, 2013
Last Amended on May 21, 2013
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Electronic Monitoring Devices

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/12/2013  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 4)
   3/12/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology 
                        (Senate Journal-page 4)
    5/8/2013  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Corrections 
                        and Penology (Senate Journal-page 5)
    5/9/2013          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/14/2013  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 11)
   5/21/2013  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 14)
   5/21/2013  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 14)
   5/21/2013  Senate  Roll call Ayes-36  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 14)
   5/22/2013  Senate  Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 9)
   5/22/2013  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 12)
   5/22/2013  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 12)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/12/2013
5/8/2013
5/9/2013
5/14/2013
5/15/2013
5/21/2013

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

AMENDED

May 21, 2013

S. 509

Introduced by Senators Thurmond, Hembree and Rankin

S. Printed 5/21/13--S.

Read the first time March 12, 2013.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 13, TITLE 24 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO OFFENSES IN CONNECTION WITH ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICES, BY ADDING SECTION 24-13-425 TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO KNOWINGLY AND WITHOUT AUTHORITY TO REMOVE, DESTROY, OR CIRCUMVENT THE OPERATION OF AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE WHICH IS BEING USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MONITORING A PERSON, OR TO SOLICIT ANOTHER PERSON TO DO SO, AND TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 13, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 24-13-425.    (A)    For the purposes of this section:

(1)    'Electronic monitoring device' includes any device ordered by a court or pursuant to any statute that is utilized to track the location of a person.

(2)    'Person' includes any public or private agency or entity providing electronic monitoring services.

(B)    It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and without authority remove, destroy, or circumvent the operation of an electronic monitoring device which is being used for the purpose of monitoring a person who is:

(1)    complying with the Home Detention Act as set forth in Article 15 of Title 24;

(2)    wearing an electronic monitoring device as a condition of bond or pretrial release;

(3)    wearing an electronic monitoring device as a condition of probation, parole, or community supervision; or

(4)    wearing an electronic monitoring device as required by any other provision of law.

(C)    It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and without authority request or solicit any other person to remove, destroy, or circumvent the operation of an electronic monitoring device which is being used for the purposes described in subsection (B).

(D)    Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of the misdemeanor offense of tampering with the operation of an electronic monitoring device and shall be imprisoned for not more than three years, or fined up to three thousand dollars, or both."

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

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