H*3408(Rat #0158, Act #0059 of 1997)  General Bill, By D. Smith
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 17-22-110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO PRETRIAL INTERVENTION APPLICATION AND PARTICIPATION FEES, SO
 AS TO INCREASE THE APPLICATION FEE FROM FIFTY DOLLARS TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
 AND TO INCREASE THE AGGREGATE FEES FOR APPLICATION AND PARTICIPATION FROM
 THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.

   02/06/97  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-2
   02/06/97  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-2
   04/16/97  House  Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-4
   04/22/97  House  Read second time HJ-18
   04/23/97  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-15
   04/24/97  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-9
   04/24/97  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-9
   05/14/97  Senate Committee report: Favorable Judiciary SJ-16
   05/15/97  Senate Read second time SJ-18
   05/20/97  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-22
   06/04/97         Ratified R 158
   06/05/97         Signed By Governor
   06/05/97         Effective date 06/05/97
   06/11/97         Copies available
   06/11/97         Act No. 59

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-22-110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRETRIAL INTERVENTION APPLICATION AND PARTICIPATION FEES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE APPLICATION FEE FROM FIFTY DOLLARS TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND TO INCREASE THE AGGREGATE FEES FOR APPLICATION AND PARTICIPATION FROM THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.

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

Pretrial Intervention Program application fee increased

SECTION 1. Section 17-22-110 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 499 of 1992, is further amended to read:

"Section 17-22-110. An applicant to an intervention program or an offender who applies to the chief administrative judge of the court of general sessions for admission to a program pursuant to Section 17-22-100 shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of one hundred dollars and, if accepted into the program, a nonrefundable participation fee of two hundred fifty dollars prior to admission. All fees paid must be deposited into a special circuit solicitor's fund for operation of the pretrial intervention program. All fees or costs of supervision may be waived partially or totally by the solicitor in cases of indigency. The solicitor may also, if he determines necessary, in situations other than indigency allow scheduling of payments in lieu of lump sum payment. In no case shall aggregate fees for application and participation in an intervention program exceed three hundred fifty dollars. However, in cases where the solicitor determines that referral to another agency or program is needed to achieve rehabilitation for a problem directly related to the charge, the defendant may be required to pay his participation in that special program, except that no services may be denied due to inability to pay."

Time effective

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

Approved the 5th day of June, 1997.