South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 1005

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1005
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000111
Primary Sponsor:                  Thomas
All Sponsors:                     Thomas
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11480som99.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          Freedom of Information, certain arrest 
                                  warrants made available for public inspection; 
                                  Courts, Crimes


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20000111  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 30-4-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO INSPECT OR COPY PUBLIC RECORDS, SO AS TO ADD ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR THE PRECEDING THREE MONTHS AS DOCUMENTS WHICH MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND COPYING WHEN THE REQUESTOR APPEARS IN PERSON.

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

SECTION 1. Section 30-4-30(d) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 423 of 1998, is amended to read:

"(d) The following records of a public body must be made available for public inspection and copying during the hours of operations of the public body without the requestor being required to make a written request to inspect or copy the records when the requestor appears in person:

(1) minutes of the meetings of the public body for the preceding six months;

(2) all reports identified in Section 30-4-50(A)(8) for at least the fourteen-day period before the current day; and

(3) documents identifying persons confined in any jail, detention center, or prison for the preceding three months; and

(4) arrest warrants issued for the preceding three months."

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

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