H 4001 General Bill, By Neilson, Askins, T. Brown, Cave, Clyburn, Fair, 
J.L. Harris, J. Hines, McCraw, Meacham, Moody-Lawrence, J.H. Neal, Phillips, 
Quinn, Rice, Sandifer, Simrill, R. Smith, Stille, Vaughn, C.C. Wells and Wilder
 A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section
 20-7-935 so as to authorize the Court to suspend a person's sentence and order
 the person to perform community service for violation of an order for the
 payment of child support and to require withholding of any compensation the
 person may be entitled to for this service for the payment of the support.

   04/12/95  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-15
   04/12/95  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-15

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-935 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE COURT TO SUSPEND A PERSON'S SENTENCE AND ORDER THE PERSON TO PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR VIOLATION OF AN ORDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT AND TO REQUIRE WITHHOLDING OF ANY COMPENSATION THE PERSON MAY BE ENTITLED TO FOR THIS SERVICE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE SUPPORT.

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 20-7-935. The court may suspend the sentence of a person found in contempt of court for violating a court or administrative order for the payment of child support and may order the person to perform community service for a period of time determined by the court. If the person performing the community service is eligible to be compensated for this service, this compensation must be withheld for payment of child support in accordance with Section 20-7-1315."

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