H 3778 General Bill, By T.F. Rogers
Similar (S 0455)
    A Bill to amend Section 22-3-545, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the procedure for the transfer of certain cases from general sessions court to magistrate's or municipal court upon petition of the solicitor in that circuit to the chief administrative criminal court judge, so as to delete temporary effectiveness of the section, provide that a case may be transferred from the general sessions court unless the defendant objects on the record after notification by the solicitor rather than requiring the defendant to agree in writing to the transfer and provide that the chief administrative criminal court judge in the circuit shall set the terms of court and order the magistrates and municipal judges to hold terms of court on specific times and dates for the disposition of these cases, and to repeal Section 2 of Act 310 of 1992 relating to the requirement that the Commission on Prosecution Coordination must compile data on the number of cases transferred under the provision of Section 22-3-545 and make a report to the General Assembly no later than March 1, 1994.
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03/25/93	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-4
03/25/93	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-4
02/15/94	House	Tabled in committee