S 0086 General Bill, By McConnell, Passailaigue and M.T. Rose
 A Bill to amend Section 24-3-20, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to the confinement of prisoners, so as to provide that a person
 convicted of a violent crime may not serve his sentence for that conviction in
 a minimum security facility and to delete an obsolete reference.

   01/12/93  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-49
   01/12/93  Senate Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-49

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CONFINEMENT OF PRISONERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME MAY NOT SERVE HIS SENTENCE FOR THAT CONVICTION IN A MINIMUM SECURITY FACILITY AND TO DELETE AN OBSOLETE REFERENCE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 24-3-20(a) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24-3-10, any a person convicted of an offense against the this State of South Carolina and committed sentenced to the State Penitentiary at Columbia shall be imprisonment is in the custody of the State Board of Corrections of the State of South Carolina, and the board shall designate the place of confinement where the sentence shall must be served. The board may designate as a place of confinement any available, suitable, and appropriate institution or facility, including a county jail or prison camp, whether maintained by the State Department of Corrections or otherwise. However, a person convicted of a violent crime, as defined in Section 16-1-60, may not serve his sentence for that conviction in a minimum security facility. Provided, that if If the facility is not maintained by the department, the consent of the sheriff of the county wherein in which the facility is located must first be obtained first."

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