H 2625 General Bill, By T.L. Hughston

Similar(S 419, H 2626)
 A Bill to amend Title 16, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to
 crimes and offenses, by adding Chapter 2, so as to establish a system of
 classification for offenses into felonies and misdemeanors, to specify terms
 of imprisonment for each classification of felony and misdemeanor, to maintain
 fines and mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment provided in existing law, to
 classify offenses enacted in the future that do not contain a specific
 classification, to maintain existing provisions relating to punishment for
 offenses not classified in the Chapter, to provide for punishment for the
 common law offense of attempt, accessory after the fact, and misprision of a
 felony, to amend Sections 16-3-75, 16-3-910, as amended, 16-11-310, 16-11-330,
 16-11-510, as amended, 16-11-520, as amended, 16-11-580, 16-11-740, 16-13-50,
 16-13-180, as amended, 16-13-230, 16-13-240, as amended, 16-13-260, 16-13-320,
 16-13-420, 16-14-60, 16-14-80, 16-14-100, 16-16-20, and 56-5-2945 and Act 340
 of 1984, all relating to crimes and offenses and the punishment therefor, and
 to amend Section 16-13-430, relating to fraudulent use of food stamps, so as
 to conform them to the system of classification; to amend Section 34-11-90, as
 amended, relating to the jurisdiction of offenses and penalties involving the
 violations of laws relating to bank deposits, so as to classify as a felony a
 conviction for drawing or uttering an instrument in violation of Chapter 11 of
 Title 34 in excess of one thousand dollars instead of five thousand dollars;
 to amend Sections 16-11-390 and 16-11-540, relating to safecracking and to
 damaging or destroying property by means of an explosive or incendiary, so as
 to classify as a felony a conviction for such offenses; to amend Section
 44-53-370, as amended, relating to penalties for illegal distribution and
 possession of narcotics and controlled substances, so as to reduce the
 penalties for possession or distribution of narcotic drugs and lysergic acid
 diethylamide (L.S.D.) for a first offense from fifteen to ten years, for a
 second offense reduce the maximum from thirty to twenty years, for a third and
 subsequent offense reduce the minimum sentence from fifteen years to ten years
 and reduce the maximum sentence from thirty years to twenty years, reduce the
 maximum trafficking offense for ten pounds to one hundred pounds of marijuana
 from ten years to five years, for one hundred pounds to two thousand pounds
 the minimum sentence is reduced from five years to two years and the maximum
 sentence is reduced from twenty-five years to ten years, two thousand pounds
 to ten thousand pounds the minimum is reduced from ten years to four years and
 the maximum sentence is reduced from twenty-five years to ten years, in excess
 of ten thousand pounds the minimum sentence is reduced from fifteen years to
 ten years and the maximum sentence is reduced from thirty years to twenty
 years, for trafficking in cocaine from ten grams to twenty-eight grams the
 maximum penalty is reduced from ten years to five years, from twenty-eight
 grams to two hundred grams the minimum sentence is reduced from seven years to
 three years and the maximum sentence is reduced from twenty-five years to ten
 years, from two hundred grams to four hundred grams the minimum sentence is
 reduced from ten years to four years and the maximum sentence is reduced from
 twenty-five years to ten years, for four hundred grams or more the minimum
 sentence is reduced from fifteen to ten years and the maximum sentence is
 reduced from thirty years to twenty years, for morphine or opium, four grams
 to fourteen grams the minimum sentence is reduced from seven years to three
 years and the maximum sentence is reduced from twenty-five years to ten years,
 from fourteen to twenty-eight grams the minimum sentence is reduced from ten
 years to four years and the maximum sentence is reduced from twenty-five years
 to ten years, twenty-eight grams or more the minimum sentence is reduced from
 twenty-five years to fifteen years and the maximum sentence is reduced from
 forty years to twenty years, for fifteen grams to one hundred grams
 methaqualone the maximum sentence is reduced from ten years to five years,
 from one hundred fifty grams to one thousand, five hundred grams the minimum
 sentence is reduced from five years to two years and the maximum sentence is
 reduced from twenty-five years to ten years, from one thousand, five hundred
 grams to fifteen kilograms the minimum sentence is reduced from ten years to
 four years and the maximum sentence is reduced from twenty-five years to ten
 years, for one thousand, five hundred kilograms or more the minimum sentence
 is reduced from fifteen years to ten years and the maximum sentence is reduced
 from thirty years to twenty years; to amend Sections 24-3-20, 24-13-210,
 24-13-230, 24-21-620, 24-21-635, 24-13-710, and 24-21-610, all as amended,
 24-13-720, 24-21-13, 24-21-50, 24-21-645, 24-21-670, 24-21-680, and 24-21-690,
 relating to the designation of the place of confinement for convicted persons,
 credit for good behavior, reduction of sentence, extended work release
 program, furlough program, prisoner review after partial service of sentence,
 earned work credits, Department of Corrections procedures and policies,
 hearing procedures before the Parole and Community Corrections Board, parole,
 release for good conduct, and prerequisites for obtaining parole, so as to
 provide for prisoners to be put into a work release program, good behavior or
 earned work credit or reduction of sentence for productive duty, furlough,
 parole, and conditional release as provided by Section 24-13-215, provide that
 on or after January 1, 1986, a person sentenced for certain crimes is not
 eligible for parole until after service of ten years; to amend the Code by
 adding Sections 16-3-29, 24-3-25, 24-13-215, 24-13-216, 24-21-615, and
 24-21-681 and to amend Sections 24-13-610 through 24-13-630, and 24-21-80,
 relating to extended work release programs and payment by probationers and
 parolees to offset costs, so as to allow prisoners to work at paid employment,
 credit for good conduct and educational achievements, parole after ten years'
 service, conditional release, to make a conspiracy to commit murder a felony,
 to authorize the Department of Corrections to establish a work release
 program, and to require person granted parole, conditional release, or
 probation to pay one hundred twenty dollars a year for cost of supervision; to
 designate various acts as Sections of the 1976 Code; and to repeal Sections
 16-1-10 relating to crimes classified as felonies and 24-13-60 relating to the
 screening of offenders for possible placement on work release.
   03/19/85  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-1411
   03/19/85  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-1414