H 3260 General Bill, By Sheheen, M.O. Alexander, H.H. Clyborne, J.H. Hodges, T.E. Huff, Quinn, T.F. Rogers and Wilkins
    A Bill to enact the South Carolina Law Enforcement Efficiency and Consolidation Act of 1993 by amending Article 1, Chapter 3 of Title 23 of the 1976 Code, relating to the State Law Enforcement Division, Chapter 5, Title 23, relating to the State Highway Patrol; Sections 57-3-10, 57-3-30, and 57-3-610, and adding Section 57-3-615 relating to various Department of Highways and Public Transportation provisions; Article 3, Chapter 3 of Title 58, relating to the Law Enforcement Department of the Public Service Commission; and Sections 61-1-60, 61-3-220, 61-5-100, 61-5-140, 61-9-1050, 61-13-410, 61-13-810, and 61-13-836, relating to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission and the enforcement of certain alcoholic beverage laws, so as to provide that the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is responsible for the enforcement of all criminal laws, including traffic offenses, misdemeanors, and felonies, and civil laws, the violation of which may result in a fine or other penalty being assessed against the violator, which laws are now enforced by personnel employed by and under the jurisdiction of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, the Department of Highways and Public Transportation, and the Law Enforcement Department of the Public Service Commission; to revise the term of the Chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, to further provide for the manner in which the Division must be structured and for the personnel thereof, to provide for the maintenance and service of vehicles of the Division by the Department of Highways and Public Transportation, and to provide for certain transitional provisions including the transfer of personnel, appropriations, and property.
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01/26/93	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-7
01/26/93	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-8