H 4659 General Bill, By Allison, Bailey, A.W. Byrd, Cato, C.D. Chamblee, 
Davenport, Fleming, Gamble, Inabinett, M.F. Jaskwhich, Keegan, Kelley, Koon, 
Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Mason, Rice, Riser, Robinson, Sandifer, Spearman, 
Stille, D.C. Waldrop, C.C. Wells, Witherspoon and Young-Brickell

Similar(S 1167)
 A Bill to amend Section 20-7-780, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
 1976, relating to records, confidentiality, and release of information
 pertaining to juveniles, so as to provide that certain information regarding
 juvenile offenders must be provided to all victims of crimes rather than only
 to victims of violent crimes.

   02/22/96  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-9
   02/22/96  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-9

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-780, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RECORDS, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION PERTAINING TO JUVENILES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING JUVENILE OFFENDERS MUST BE PROVIDED TO ALL VICTIMS OF CRIMES RATHER THAN ONLY TO VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 20-7-780(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"(B) The Department of Juvenile Justice, if requested, shall provide the victim of a violent crime, as defined in Section 16-1-60, with the name and other basic descriptive information about the juvenile charged with the crime and with information about the juvenile justice system, and the status and disposition of the delinquency action, including hearing dates, times, and locations, and with information concerning services available to victims of juvenile crime. The name, identity, or picture of a child under the jurisdiction of the court, pursuant to this chapter, must not be made public by a newspaper, radio, or television station except as authorized by order of the court."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1996.