Bill 72

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       72
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19970114
Primary Sponsor:                   Rose 
All Sponsors:                      Rose 
Drafted Document Number:           s-res\rose\res1170.mtr
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Date of Last Amendment:            19970313
Subject:                           Law enforcement officer
                                   employed by political subdivision,
                                   training costs, reimbursement
                                   provisions

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

House   19970319  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19970318  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19970313  Read second time
Senate  19970313  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19970312  Committee report: Favorable with         11 SJ
                  amendment
Senate  19970114  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

March 13, 1997

S. 72

S. Printed 3/13/97--S.

Read the first time January 14, 1997.

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 23, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, BY ADDING SECTION 23-1-220, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WHICH EMPLOYS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY SECTION 23-6-430 WHILE EMPLOYED BY ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MUST REIMBURSE THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT EMPLOYED THE OFFICER DURING THE TRAINING PERIOD.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 23-1-220. (A) For purposes of this subsection:

(1) `governmental entity' means the State or any of its political subdivisions;

(2) `law enforcement officer' means a law enforcement officer as defined in Section 23-6-400(D)(1).

(B) If a governmental entity subsequently employs, as a permanent employee, a law enforcement officer who successfully completed the training required by Section 23-6-430 while employed by another governmental entity, the governmental entity that subsequently hires the officer must reimburse the governmental entity that employed the officer during the training period:

(1) one hundred percent of the cost of the officer's salary paid during the training period if the officer is hired within one year of the date of successful completion of the training; or

(2) fifty percent of the cost of the officer's salary paid during the training period if the officer is hired after one year but before the end of the second year after the date of successful completion of the training.

(C) If the law enforcement officer is employed by another governmental entity more than two years after the date of successful completion of the training, the governmental entity which employed the officer during the training period shall not be reimbursed for the cost of the officer's salary paid during the training period.

(D) If the law enforcement officer is employed by more than one successive governmental entity within the two-year period after the date of successful completion of the training, a governmental entity which reimbursed the governmental entity that employed the officer during the training period may obtain reimbursement from the successive governmental entity employer for:

(1) one hundred percent of the cost of the officer's salary paid during the time of training if the successive governmental entity employer hires the officer within one year of the date of successful completion of the training; or

(2) fifty percent of the cost of the officer's salary paid during the time of training if the successive governmental entity employer hires the officer after one year but before the end of the second year after the date of successful completion of the training.

(E) Under no circumstances shall the governmental entity that employed the officer during the time of training or a governmental entity seeking reimbursement from a successive governmental entity employer be reimbursed for more than one hundred percent of the cost of the officer's salary during the training period."

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