Bill 3109

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3109
Primary Sponsor:                Waldrop
Committee Number:               25
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Violent offenders, maximum security
                                facility
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Judiciary
Companion Bill Number:          104
Computer Document Number:       3109
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:                   Waldrop
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 3109  House   Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       25
                             time, referred to Committee
 3109  House   Dec 27, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           25
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CONFINEMENT OF PRISONERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME MAY NOT SERVE HIS SENTENCE FOR THAT CONVICTION IN A MINIMUM SECURITY FACILITY AND TO DELETE AN OBSOLETE REFERENCE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 24-3-20(a) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24-3-10, any a person convicted of an offense against the this State of South Carolina and committed to the State Penitentiary at Columbia shall be is in the custody of the State Board of Corrections of the State of South Carolina, and the board shall designate the place of confinement where the sentence shall must be served. The board may designate as a place of confinement any available, suitable, and appropriate institution or facility, including a county jail or prison camp, whether maintained by the State Department of Corrections or otherwise. However, a person convicted of a violent crime, as defined in Section 16-1-60, may not serve his sentence for that conviction in a minimum security facility. Provided, that if If the facility is not maintained by the department, the consent of the sheriff of the county wherein in which the facility is located must first be obtained first."

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