Current Status Bill Number:3701 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950301 Primary Sponsor:Simrill All Sponsors:Simrill Drafted Document Number:DKA\3739CM.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Police officers jurisdiction
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House 19950301 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
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TO AMEND SECTION 17-13-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO A TOWN OR CITY POLICE OFFICER'S JURISDICTION OUTSIDE THE TOWN'S OR CITY'S CORPORATE LIMITS WHEN IN PURSUIT OF AN OFFENDER, SO AS TO INCREASE THE OFFICER'S JURISDICTION FROM A THREE-MILE RADIUS OF THE TOWN'S OR CITY'S CORPORATE LIMITS TO COUNTYWIDE JURISDICTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 17-13-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 17-13-40. The police authorities of all towns a town and cities city of this State may make arrests of all offenders arrest an offender against the municipal ordinances and statutes of this State committed within the corporate limits or at any a place within a radius of three miles of the corporate limits the county in which the town or city is located, with or without a warrant, when such the police authorities are in pursuit of such an offender."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.