S 0072 General Bill, By M.T. Rose
 A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 23, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, BY ADDING SECTION 23-1-200, SO
 AS TO PROVIDE THAT A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT EMPLOYS A LAW ENFORCEMENT
 OFFICER WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 23 OF
 THIS TITLE WHILE EMPLOYED BY ANOTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION MUST REIMBURSE THE
 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT EMPLOYED THE OFFICER AT THE TIME OF TRAINING.

   01/14/97  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-108
   01/14/97  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-108
   03/12/97  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary SJ-16
   03/13/97  Senate Amended SJ-29
   03/13/97  Senate Read second time SJ-29
   03/18/97  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-10
   03/19/97  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-29
   03/19/97  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-29

March 13, 1997

S. 72

S. Printed 3/13/97--S.

Read the first time January 14, 1997.

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 23, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, BY ADDING SECTION 23-1-220, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WHICH EMPLOYS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY SECTION 23-6-430 WHILE EMPLOYED BY ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MUST REIMBURSE THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT EMPLOYED THE OFFICER DURING THE TRAINING PERIOD.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 23-1-220. (A) For purposes of this subsection:

(1) `governmental entity' means the State or any of its political subdivisions;

(2) `law enforcement officer' means a law enforcement officer as defined in Section 23-6-400(D)(1).

(B) If a governmental entity subsequently employs, as a permanent employee, a law enforcement officer who successfully completed the training required by Section 23-6-430 while employed by another governmental entity, the governmental entity that subsequently hires the officer must reimburse the governmental entity that employed the officer during the training period:

(1) one hundred percent of the cost of the officer's salary paid during the training period if the officer is hired within one year of the date of successful completion of the training; or

(2) fifty percent of the cost of the officer's salary paid during the training period if the officer is hired after one year but before the end of the second year after the date of successful completion of the training.

(C) If the law enforcement officer is employed by another governmental entity more than two years after the date of successful completion of the training, the governmental entity which employed the officer during the training period shall not be reimbursed for the cost of the officer's salary paid during the training period.

(D) If the law enforcement officer is employed by more than one successive governmental entity within the two-year period after the date of successful completion of the training, a governmental entity which reimbursed the governmental entity that employed the officer during the training period may obtain reimbursement from the successive governmental entity employer for:

(1) one hundred percent of the cost of the officer's salary paid during the time of training if the successive governmental entity employer hires the officer within one year of the date of successful completion of the training; or

(2) fifty percent of the cost of the officer's salary paid during the time of training if the successive governmental entity employer hires the officer after one year but before the end of the second year after the date of successful completion of the training.

(E) Under no circumstances shall the governmental entity that employed the officer during the time of training or a governmental entity seeking reimbursement from a successive governmental entity employer be reimbursed for more than one hundred percent of the cost of the officer's salary during the training period."

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