Current Status Bill Number:942 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19960109 Primary Sponsor:Giese All Sponsors:Giese, Wilson, Elliott, Reese Drafted Document Number:GJK\22109SD.96 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Date of Last Amendment:19960522 Subject:Magistrates' courts, jurors
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House 19960523 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
Senate 19960523 Read third time, sent to House
Senate 19960522 Amended, read second time,
unanimous consent for third reading
on Thursday, 19960523
Senate 19960521 Committee report: Favorable with 11 SJ
amendment
Senate 19960109 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
referred to Committee
Senate 19951023 Prefiled, referred to Committee 11 SJ
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
May 22, 1996
S. 942
S. Printed 5/22/96--S.
Read the first time January 9, 1996.
TO AMEND SECTION 22-2-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PENALTY FOR FAILURE OF A DULY SUMMONED JUROR IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT TO APPEAR, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 22-3-950, RELATING TO A MAGISTRATE'S POWER TO PUNISH FOR CONTEMPT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR CONTEMPT.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 22-2-130 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 22-2-130. If any juror duly summoned shall neglect or refuse neglects or refuses to appear in obedience to any venire issued by any a magistrate's court and shall not within forty-eight hours does not render to the summoning magistrate a sufficient reason for his delinquency, he shall forfeit and pay a fine of ten dollars to the treasury of the county in which the case is tried, to be assessed by such magistrate and collected on his warrant without other process must be fined not exceeding fifty dollars. A failure to pay forthwith such the fine so assessed shall constitute constitutes a contempt of court and may be punished accordingly. No person shall serve on a jury in a magistrate's court more than once in a three-month period."
SECTION 2. Section 22-3-950 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 22-3-950. Every magistrate shall have power to enforce the observance of decorum in his court while holding the same and for that purpose he may punish for contempt any person who shall, in the presence of the court, shall offer an insult to the magistrate or a juror or who shall be is wilfully guilty of an undue disturbance of the proceedings before the magistrate while sitting officially, as for a contempt, by fine and imprisonment, either or both, not exceeding twenty dollars fine and twelve hours imprisonment. A person guilty of contempt of court must be fined not exceeding twenty dollars or imprisoned not exceeding forty-eight hours, to be imposed in the discretion of the court."
SECTION 3. Section 14-7-1390 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 14-7-1390. If a person duly drawn and summoned to attend as a juror in any court neglects to attend, without sufficient excuse, he shall pay a fine not exceeding twenty fifty dollars which shall be imposed by the court to which the juror was summoned and shall be paid into the county treasury."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.