South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 4710


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COMMITTEE REPORT

April 25, 2000

H. 4710

Introduced by Reps. Harrison, Knotts and Whatley

S. Printed 4/25/00--S.

Read the first time April 13, 2000.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONS AND PENOLOGY

To whom was referred a Joint Resolution (H. 4710), to create a Local Jail Task Force to identify and study the many problems confronting local jails to include: ways to reduce the number of pending cases on the criminal court docket and the prosecution process, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass with amendment:

Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, Section 1(B), page 1, by deleting / twenty / and inserting / twenty-three/ on line 37.

Amend the bill further SECTION 1(B)(9), page 2, by deleting lines 11 and 12, and inserting:

/ (9) the following four representatives from the South Carolina Jail Administrators' Association: a jail administrator representing a county whose population is less than thirty thousand; a jail administrator representing a county whose population is at least thirty thousand but not more than eighty thousand; a jail administrator representing a county whose population is more that eighty thousand; and a jail administrator representing a regional jail; /

Amend the bill further SECTION 1(B)(16), page 2, by inserting / who oversees a county jail / after / officer / on line 23.

Amend the bill further SECTION 1(B)(20), page 2, by inserting / who operates a jail / after / chief / on line 27.

Amend title to conform.

DAVID L. THOMAS, for Committee.

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO CREATE A LOCAL JAIL TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY AND STUDY THE MANY PROBLEMS CONFRONTING LOCAL JAILS TO INCLUDE: WAYS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PENDING CASES ON THE CRIMINAL COURT DOCKET AND THE PROSECUTION PROCESS; FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND EXPANSION OF JAILS; CONTROL OVER THE GROWING COSTS OF HOUSING INMATES AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR MEDICAL CARE; MORE AND BETTER TRAINING AND HIGHER SALARIES FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS; AND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION FOR LESSER CRIMES AND OTHER MEANS TO ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP; AND TO REQUIRE THE TASK FORCE REPORT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE FEBRUARY 1, 2001, AT WHICH TIME THE TASK FORCE IS ABOLISHED.

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

SECTION 1. (A) There is created a Local Jail Task Force to identify and study the many problems confronting local jails.

(B) The Local Jail Task Force is composed of the following twenty members:

(1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

(2) one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House;

(3) a representative from the Governor's Office;

(4) the Attorney General or his designee;

(5) a representative from the South Carolina Department of Corrections;

(6) a representative from the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services;

(7) a representative from South Carolina Court Administration appointed by the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court;

(8) a representative from the South Carolina Association of Counties;

(9) a representative from the South Carolina Jail Administrators' Association;

(10) a county magistrate appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;

(11) a family court judge appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;

(12) a circuit court judge appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;

(13) a county clerk of court;

(14) a circuit solicitor appointed by the Prosecution Coordination Commission;

(15) a public defender;

(16) a county chief administrative officer;

(17) a county council member;

(18) a sheriff who runs a jail;

(19) the Director of the Division of Victim Assistance; and

(20) a police chief.

The Governor must appoint all members of the Local Jail Task Force except the members identified in subitems (1), (2), (4), (7), (10), (11), (12), and (14).

The Local Jail Task Force shall elect one of its members as chairman and other necessary officers. It shall meet as often as necessary for the discharge of its business before making its report to the Governor and General Assembly.

(C) The Local Jail Task Force shall submit a report with recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly before February 1, 2001, at which time the task force is abolished.

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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