South Carolina General Assembly
107th Session, 1987-1988

Bill 179

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               179
Ratification Number:       306
Act Number                 299
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Use of a computer to draw and summon the
                           grand jury
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(A299, R306, S179)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 14-7-140, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DRAWING AND SUMMONING JURORS BY UTILIZING A COMPUTER, SO AS TO INCLUDE JURORS FOR THE GRAND JURY.

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

Use of a computer to draw and summon the grand jury

SECTION 1. Section 14-7-140 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 14-7-140. In lieu of the manner required by this chapter, the jury commissioners of a county, when drawing and summoning jurors for the court of common pleas or general sessions or the grand jury, may at the discretion of the governing body of the county utilize a computer for this purpose in the manner the Supreme Court by order directs."

Time effective

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