S 1258 General Bill, By Fair and Anderson

Similar(H 5033)
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 24-3-220 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE TO ALLOW AN INMATE WHO IS CONFINED IN
 A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS' FACILITY TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICE OF CERTAIN
 INDIVIDUALS AND VISIT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO
 AMEND SECTION 24-3-210, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FURLOUGHS FOR CERTAIN INMATES,
 SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS AN INMATE TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF
 CERTAIN PERSONS.

   03/16/06  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-3
   03/16/06  Senate Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-3
   04/25/06  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Corrections and Penology SJ-18
   04/26/06  Senate Amended SJ-95
   04/26/06  Senate Read second time SJ-95
   04/27/06         Scrivener's error corrected
   04/27/06  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-33
   05/02/06  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-21
   05/02/06  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-21

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED AND AMENDED

April 26, 2006

S. 1258

S. Printed 4/26/06--S.    [SEC 4/27/06 12:46 PM]

Read the first time March 16, 2006.

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-3-220 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE TO ALLOW AN INMATE WHO IS CONFINED IN A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS' FACILITY TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICE OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND VISIT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-210, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FURLOUGHS FOR CERTAIN INMATES, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS AN INMATE TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF CERTAIN PERSONS.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 24-3-220.    (A)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, when the parent, sibling, spouse, child, grandparent, or grandchild of an inmate housed in a minimum security facility becomes seriously ill to the point of imminent death or dies, the inmate must be offered the choice to either attend the person's funeral service or private viewing or, prior to the person's death, visit the person in the hospital when the attendance or visit does not compromise security as determined by the Department of Corrections.

(B)    The inmate, or a third party on behalf of the inmate, must present verification, satisfactory to the department, of the person's relationship to the inmate and either the person's illness or death.

(C)    The department shall provide the necessary security and transportation for the inmate. The department may collect a reasonable charge for the transportation. The charge may not exceed the actual expense incurred by the department. This charge may be collected from a third party on behalf of the inmate or, if no third party pays, through a deduction from the inmate's trust account."

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