South Carolina General Assembly
109th Session, 1991-1992

Bill 3013

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter 

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3013
Primary Sponsor:                Kirsh
Committee Number:               25
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Kidnapping, penalties
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Medical, Military, Public and
                                Municipal Affairs
Computer Document Number:       3013
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              Jan 08, 1991
Last History Type:              Introduced and read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Kirsh
Type of Legislation:            General Bill
History


 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 3013  House   Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       25
                             time, referred to Committee
 3013  House   Dec 12, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           27
                             Committee
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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-910, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO KIDNAPPING, SO AS TO PROVIDE A MANDATORY MINIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF TWENTY YEARS WHEN A PERSON IS SENTENCED TO TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE LIFE IMPRISONMENT TERMS FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-610, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PORTION OF A SENTENCE IS REQUIRED TO BE SERVED AS A PREREQUISITE TO PAROLE, SO AS TO EXCLUDE THE OFFENSE OF KIDNAPPING FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WHEN A PERSON IS SENTENCED TO TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE LIFE IMPRISONMENT TERMS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 16-3-910 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:

"A person convicted under the provisions of this section and sentenced to two or more consecutive life imprisonment terms is not eligible for parole as provided in Section 24-21-610 until he has served at least twenty years."

SECTION 2. The third paragraph of Section 24-21-610 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"The provisions of this section do not affect the parole ineligibility provisions for murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, and drug trafficking as set forth respectively in Sections 16-3-20, 16-3-910, and 16-11-330, and subsection (e) of Section 44-53-370(e)."

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

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