Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4877 Primary Sponsor:Fair Committee Number:27 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Prisoner, reading test before parole Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Computer Document Number:DKA/3274AL.94 Introduced Date:19940303 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940303 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Fair Govan Simrill Law Richardson Jaskwhich Stuart Vaughn Trotter Allison Littlejohn Marchbanks Cooper D. Wilder J. Harris Type of Legislation:General Bill
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4877 House 19940303 Introduced, read first time, 27
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-21-637 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PRISONER IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE UNLESS HE PASSES A BASIC READING TEST AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 24-21-637. A person is not eligible for parole until he successfully passes a basic reading test administered by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. The prisoner must demonstrate through testing that he is functionally literate. A person who because of a physical or mental disability is not able to read is exempt from the provisions of this section."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1994.