H*4225(Rat #0354, Act #0293 of 2010)  General Bill, By Rutherford, McLeod and 
Weeks
 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-1400, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE ARTICLE ON THE VICTIM
 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERM "VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER"
 DOES NOT INCLUDE A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, MAGISTRATES COURT JUDGE, CIRCUIT
 COURT JUDGE, SPECIAL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, OR FAMILY COURT JUDGE. - ratified
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   12/01/09  House  Prefiled
   12/01/09  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   01/12/10  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-35
   01/12/10  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-35
   02/24/10  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks
   02/24/10  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary HJ-6
   03/03/10  House  Amended HJ-13
   03/03/10  House  Read second time HJ-13
   03/04/10  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-16
   03/09/10  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   03/09/10  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-5
   03/23/10  Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Rose, Shoopman
   05/19/10  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary SJ-33
   06/01/10  Senate Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-43
   06/01/10  Senate Read second time SJ-43
   06/02/10  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-30
   06/15/10  House  Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-75
   06/15/10  House  Roll call Yeas-0  Nays-111 HJ-75
   06/16/10  Senate Senate insists upon amendment and conference
                     committee appointed Hutto, Rose, and Shoopman SJ-188
   06/16/10  House  Conference committee appointed Reps. Kelly,
                     Delleney, Rutherford HJ-103
   06/16/10  House  Conference report received and adopted HJ-360
   06/16/10  House  Roll call Yeas-107  Nays-1 HJ-360
   06/16/10  Senate Conference report received and adopted SJ-189
   06/29/10  House  Ordered enrolled for ratification HJ-2
   08/23/10         Ratified R 354
   08/27/10         Signed By Governor
   09/01/10         Effective date 08/27/10
   09/07/10         Act No. 293

(A293, R354, H4225)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-1400, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE ARTICLE ON THE VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERM "VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER" DOES NOT INCLUDE A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, MAGISTRATES COURT JUDGE, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, SPECIAL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, OR FAMILY COURT JUDGE.

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

"Victim service provider" defined; certain judges excluded

SECTION    1.    Section 16-3-1400 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 271 of 2008, is further amended to read:

"Section 16-3-1400.    For purposes of this article:

(1)    'Victim service provider' means a person:

(a)    who is employed by a local government or state agency and whose job duties involve providing victim assistance as mandated by South Carolina law; or

(b)    whose job duties involve providing direct services to victims and who is employed by an organization that is incorporated in South Carolina, holds a certificate of authority in South Carolina, or is registered as a charitable organization in South Carolina, and the organization's mission is victim assistance or advocacy and the organization is privately funded or receives funds from federal, state, or local governments to provide services to victims.

'Victim service provider' does not include a municipal court judge, magistrates court judge, circuit court judge, special circuit court judge, or family court judge.

(2)    'Witness' means a person who has been or is expected to be summoned to testify for the prosecution or who by reason of having relevant information is subject to call or likely to be called as a witness for the prosecution, whether or not an action or proceeding is commenced."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 23rd day of August, 2010.

Approved the 27th day of August, 2010.