South Carolina General Assembly
111th Session, 1995-1996

Bill 182


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       182
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19950110
Primary Sponsor:                   Rose 
All Sponsors:                      Rose 
Drafted Document Number:           DKA\3489CM.95
Residing Body:                     Senate
Current Committee:                 Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                           Capital cases, appointment of
                                   counsel



History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

Senate  19950110  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19941017  Prefiled, referred to Committee          11 SJ

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-26, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND INVESTIGATIVE EXPERTS IN CAPITAL CASES, BY ADDING SUBSECTION (H) SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE AN ANNUAL WRITTEN ACCOUNTING TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CASES IN WHICH SUCH APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE, THE NAMES OF THE JUDGES MAKING THE APPOINTMENTS, THE NATURE OF THE SPECIFIC SERVICES PROVIDED, THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH SUCH SERVICES WERE ORDERED, AND THEIR TOTAL COSTS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 16-3-26 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 45(D), Part II, Act 164 of 1993, is amended by adding:

"(H) Whenever the court orders appointment of counsel and expert witnesses to assist an indigent person in the presentation of a defense pursuant to the provisions of this section, the judiciary, through the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, shall make an annual written accounting to the General Assembly not later than the third Tuesday in January. The accounting must include the name and number of the case, the name of the judges making the appointment, the nature of the specific services provided by expert witnesses, the specific purpose for which the expert services were ordered, and the total costs of the services provided."

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

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