South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 3470

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3470
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990204
Primary Sponsor:                  Altman
All Sponsors:                     Altman
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22147cm99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Pardon, order of to provide destruction 
                                  of pardon applicant's criminal record; 
                                  Probation, Parole and Pardon


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990204  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-930, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF PARDON, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE ORDER MUST PROVIDE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PARDON APPLICANT'S CRIMINAL RECORD.

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

SECTION 1. Section 24-21-930 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 24-21-930. An order of pardon must be signed by at least two-thirds of the members of the board. Upon the issue of the order by the board, the director, or one lawfully acting for him, must issue a pardon order which provides:

(1) for the restoration of the pardon applicant's civil rights;

(2) for the destruction of the applicant's arrest and booking record, files, mug shots, fingerprints; and

(3) that evidence of a record pertaining to the crime the applicant was convicted of must not be retained by a municipal, county, or state law enforcement agency."

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

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