S 1140 General Bill, By McConnell and Jackson
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 20-7-8510 AND 20-7-8515, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF
 LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO JUVENILE OFFENDER RECORDS,
 CONFIDENTIALITY, AND PROVIDING SUCH RECORDS TO STATE AGENCIES, SO AS TO
 AUTHORIZE PROVIDING THESE RECORDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE, AND
 PARDON SERVICES FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES AND TO FURTHER PROVIDE THAT
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES INCLUDE USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE,
 AND PARDON SERVICES IN EVALUATING CASES BEFORE THE BOARD IN PAROLE HEARINGS.

   03/20/02  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7
   03/20/02  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-7

TO AMEND SECTIONS 20-7-8510 AND 20-7-8515, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO JUVENILE OFFENDER RECORDS, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND PROVIDING SUCH RECORDS TO STATE AGENCIES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE PROVIDING THESE RECORDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE, AND PARDON SERVICES FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES AND TO FURTHER PROVIDE THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES INCLUDE USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE, AND PARDON SERVICES IN EVALUATING CASES BEFORE THE BOARD IN PAROLE HEARINGS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 20-7-8510(G) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 388 of 2000, is further amended to read:

"(G) The department or the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, or both, must provide to the Attorney General, a solicitor, the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services or a law enforcement agency, upon request, a copy of a child offense history for criminal justice purposes. This information must not be disseminated except as authorized in Section 20-7-8515. The department and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division must maintain the child offense history of a person for the same period as for offenses committed by an adult. For purposes of this subsection, 'criminal justice purposes' include use by the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services for evaluating cases before the board for parole hearings."

SECTION 2. Section 20-7-8515(D) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 388 of 2000, is further amended by adding at the end:

"For purposes of this subsection, 'criminal justice purposes' include use by the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services in evaluating cases before the board for parole hearings."

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.