Current Status Bill Number:4623 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960215 Primary Sponsor:Jaskwhich All Sponsors:Jaskwhich, Herdklotz, Easterday, Walker, Trotter, Littlejohn, McMahand, Tripp and Elliott Drafted Document Number:jic\5252cm.96 Companion Bill Number:778 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Pretrial Intervention Program, commit lewd act on child
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House 19960215 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 17-22-50, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERSONS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON CHARGED WITH COMMITTING OR ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT A LEWD ACT ON A CHILD UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION INTO THE PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 17-22-50 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 499 of 1992, is further amended to read:
"Section 17-22-50. A person may not be considered for intervention if he has previously has been accepted into an intervention program nor may intervention be considered for those individuals a person charged with blackmail, driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, any a traffic-related offense which is punishable only by fine or loss of points, or any a fish, game, wildlife, or commercial fishery-related offense which is punishable by a loss of eighteen points as provided in pursuant to Section 50-9-1020, or any a crime of violence as defined in Section 16-1-60, or committing or attempting to commit a lewd act on a child under fourteen years of age pursuant to Section 16-15-140. However, this section does not apply if the solicitor determines the elements of the crime do not fit the charge."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.