H 4324 General Bill, By Meacham, Allison, Delleney, Littlejohn, Simrill and 
Walker

Similar(S 946, H 4354)
 A Bill to amend Section 23-28-70, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
 1976, relating to duties of reserve police officers, so as to delete the
 requirement that a reserve police officer must be accompanied by a certified
 South Carolina police officer and to require police officers to be in
 proximate contact with certified South Carolina police officers.

   12/06/95  House  Prefiled
   12/06/95  House  Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs
   01/09/96  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-56
   01/09/96  House  Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-56

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 23-28-70, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DUTIES OF RESERVE POLICE OFFICERS, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A RESERVE POLICE OFFICER MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFIED SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE OFFICER AND TO REQUIRE RESERVE POLICE OFFICERS TO BE IN PROXIMATE CONTACT WITH CERTIFIED SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE OFFICERS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 23-28-70 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 85 of 1995, is further amended to read:

"Section 23-28-70. Reserves shall serve and function as law enforcement officers only on specific orders and directions of the chief or sheriff. To maintain status, reserves shall maintain a minimum logged service time of twenty hours per each month or sixty hours per each quarter.

While performing in any capacity as a reserve, a reserve police officer at all times must be accompanied by a full-time certified South Carolina police officer. Each reserve must be in proximate contact, by radio or otherwise, with a full-time certified South Carolina police officer. Reserves shall in no case shall not assume full-time duties of law enforcement officers without complying with all requirements for full-time officers.

Each department utilizing reserves shall have one full-time officer as coordinator-supervisor who must be responsible directly to the chief or sheriff."

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