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Bill 243

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      243
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010131
Primary Sponsor:                  Waldrep
All Sponsors:                     Waldrep
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\skb\18044som01.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Corrections and Penology Committee 03 SCP
Subject:                          Restitution fees for program collected by 
                                  Probation, Parole and Pardon Services not to 
                                  exceed certain amount, Prisons


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010131  Introduced, read first time,           03 SCP
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-490, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF RESTITUTION FEES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TOTAL COLLECTION FEE MUST NOT EXCEED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL RESTITUTION PROGRAM.

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

SECTION 1. Section 24-21-490 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 437 of 1996, is amended to read:

"Section 24-21-490(A) The Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services shall have the responsibility for collecting and distributing restitution on a monthly basis from all offenders under probationary and intensive probationary supervision.

(B) Notwithstanding Section 14-17-725, the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services shall assess a collection fee of twenty percent of each restitution program and deposit this collection fee into a separate account. The total of the collection fee must not exceed three thousand dollars. The monies in this account must not be used until specifically authorized by law. The department shall maintain individual restitution accounts which reflect each transaction and the amount paid, the collection fee, and the unpaid balance of the account. A summary of these accounts must be reported to the Governor's Office, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and the Chairman of the Senate Corrections and Penology Committee every six months following the enactment of this section."

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

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