S 0291 General Bill, By Senate Judiciary
 A Bill to amend Section 44-53-370, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
 1976, relating to penalties for illegal distribution and possession of
 narcotics and controlled substances, so as to reduce the term of imprisonment
 and increase the monetary penalty for a first offense of possession of an
 ounce or less of marijuana or ten grams or less of hashish, so as to be within
 magistrates' and municipal judges' jurisdictions and to authorize magistrates
 or municipal judges to conditionally discharge offenders, increase the bail
 limits for such offense, and permit an offender to enter the Pretrial
 Intervention Program; to provide that excess monies collected pursuant to such
 Section shall be distributed to the unit of government whose law enforcement
 officers initiated the investigation which resulted in the conviction; to
 increase the penalties for the distribution and possession of more than ten
 pounds of marijuana, ten grams of cocaine and any mixture thereof, and four
 grams of morphine, opium or any mixture thereof, including heroin, and one
 hundred dosage units of methaqualone; and to amend Section 16-1-10, as
 amended, relating to crimes classified as felonies, so as to include the crime
 of trafficking in controlled substances.
   03/05/81  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference SJ-7
   03/12/81  Senate Read second time SJ-13
   03/12/81  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments
   03/25/81  Senate Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary SJ-18