S*0513(Rat #0186, Act #0122 of 1985)  General Bill, By N.A. Theodore, 
E.J. Patterson and N.W. Smith

Similar(H 2757)
 A Bill to amend Section 20-7-410, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of magistrate courts, municipal
 courts, and circuit courts with the family courts for the trial of traffic
 violations and fish, game, and watercraft violations by persons under
 seventeen years of age, so as to delete references to the circuit courts and
 to change the term "convictions" to "adjudications".

   04/16/85  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-1502
   04/16/85  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-1502
   05/08/85  Senate Committee report: Favorable Judiciary SJ-1986
   05/09/85  Senate Read second time SJ-2037
   05/15/85  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-2111
   05/16/85  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-3250
   05/16/85  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-3250
   05/22/85  House  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary HJ-3387
   05/22/85  House  Read second time HJ-3414
   05/23/85  House  Read third time and enrolled HJ-3464
   05/28/85         Ratified R 186
   05/31/85         Signed By Governor
   05/31/85         Effective date 05/31/85
   05/31/85         Act No. 122
   06/11/85         Copies available

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-410, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION OF THE MAGISTRATE COURTS, MUNICIPAL COURTS, AND CIRCUIT COURTS WITH THE FAMILY COURTS FOR THE TRIAL OF CERTAIN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND FISH, GAME, AND WATERCRAFT VIOLATIONS BY PERSONS UNDER SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE, SO AS TO DELETE REFERENCES TO THE CIRCUIT COURTS AND TO CHANGE THE TERM "CONVICTIONS" TO "ADJUDICATIONS".

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

Jurisdiction

SECTION 1. Section 20-7-410 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 20-7-410. The magistrate courts and municipal courts of this State have concurrent jurisdiction with the family courts for the trial of persons under seventeen years of age charged with traffic violations or violations of the provisions of Title 50 relating to fish, game, and watercraft when these courts would have jurisdiction of the offense charged if committed by an adult.

The family court shall report all adjudications of juveniles for moving traffic violations to the Department of Highways and Public Transportation as required by other courts of this State pursuant to Section 56-1-330 and adjudications of the provisions of Title 50 to the Wildlife and Marine Resources Department."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.