S 1317 General Bill, By M.B. Williams, D.L. Hinds and J.M. Long
    A Bill to amend Section 22-8-20, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the hours magistrates spend in the exercise of their judicial function, so as to have a senatorial delegation consider the duties involved in the exercise of a magistrate's judicial function when classifying or reclassifying magistrates as full time or part time; to amend Section 22-8-40, relating to designation and compensation of magistrates, so as to provide that the senatorial delegation of each county instead of the county governing board designate full-time and part-time magistrates serving within the county, and to allow the senatorial delegation some discretion in fixing magistrates' salaries; and to amend Section 22-8-50, relating to magistrates' grievances against rulings or actions taken by a county or county governing board, so as to exclude matters concerning classification, reclassification, or compensation of magistrates; and to amend Section 22-2-200, relating to accommodations tax revenue as affecting the number of magistrates, so as to allow the senatorial delegation to increase the number of magistrates in counties which generate four million dollars or more in accommodations tax revenue.

02/22/90	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-8
02/22/90	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-8
03/21/90	Senate	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary SJ-13
03/22/90	Senate	Amended SJ-27