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Bill 91

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      91
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990112
Primary Sponsor:                  Thomas
All Sponsors:                     Thomas, Giese, Wilson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22030cm99.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Corrections and Penology Committee 03 SCP
Subject:                          Prison Overcrowding Relief Act of 1999, 
                                  housing facilities; Prisons and Prisoners, 
                                  Corrections Department


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990112  Introduced, read first time,           03 SCP
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19981118  Prefiled, referred to Committee        03 SCP


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND TITLE 24, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CORRECTIONS, JAILS, PROBATIONS, PAROLES, AND PARDONS, BY ADDING CHAPTER 10 SO AS TO PERMIT THE USE OF TEMPORARY HOUSING TO HOUSE INMATES INCARCERATED IN THE STATE PRISON SYSTEM AND IN COUNTY JAILS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR INSPECTIONS OF TEMPORARY HOUSING FACILITIES; AND TO REPEAL CHAPTER 9, TITLE 24, RELATING TO THE JAIL AND PRISON INSPECTION PROGRAM.

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

SECTION 1. Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

Section 24-10-10. This chapter may be cited as the 'Prison Overcrowding Relief Act of 1999'.

Section 24-10-20. The Department of Corrections may use temporary housing to house inmates eligible for minimum custody confinement or work release, subject to the requirements of Sections 24-10-40 and 24-10-50.

Section 24-10-30. The person charged with the operation of county jails may use temporary housing to house inmates convicted of nonviolent offenses, subject to the provisions of Sections 24-10-40 and 24-10-50.

Section 24-10-40. A release of inmates must not be ordered under Section 24-22-40 or any other provision of law regarding the reduction in prison capacity unless the Department of Corrections, or the person charged with the operation of a county jail, has erected temporary housing as provided in Sections 24-10-20 and 24-10-30.

Section 24-10-50. If the Department of Corrections, or the person charged with the operation of a county jail elects to use temporary housing to house inmates as provided in Sections 24-10-20 and 24-10-30, any temporary housing constructed or used must be subject to fire safety inspections by the State Fire Marshal under appropriate fire safety codes for structures housing the numbers of persons to be housed in each temporary housing facility. The temporary housing also is subject to food service, sanitation and health, and safety inspections by the Department of Health and Environmental Control under appropriate food service, sanitation and health, and safety regulations for structures housing the numbers of persons to be housed in each temporary housing facility."

SECTION 2. Chapter 9, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is repealed.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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