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Bill 4718

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4718
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020213
Primary Sponsor:                  Harrison
All Sponsors:                     Harrison
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\bbm\10730htc02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Task Force on Corrections established


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020213  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


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TO ESTABLISH THE TASK FORCE ON CORRECTIONS AND PROVIDE ITS MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES AND TO PROVIDE FOR IT TO MAKE A REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2003, AFTER WHICH THE TASK FORCE TERMINATES.

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

SECTION    1.    (A)    There is established the Task Force on Corrections. The task force shall identify and study methods to:

        (1)    promote fair and effective criminal and juvenile justice systems;

        (2)    provide for monitoring of correctional facilities and programs; and

        (3)    develop and maintain cooperative relationships with organizations, both public and private, involved in the fields of corrections, probation, parole, and related issues.

    (B)    The committee consists of sixteen members as follows:

        (1)    the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology, ex officio, who shall serve as chairman;

        (2)    the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, ex officio;

        (3)    the Director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, ex officio;

        (4)    the Director of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, ex officio;

        (5)    four members appointed by the Governor, one each to represent the business, religious, health care provider, and social service provider communities;

        (6)    four members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one each to represent the legal, religious, business, and health care provider communities;

        (7)    four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one each from the business, religious, legal, and social service provider communities.

    Members shall serve without compensation but may receive the mileage, subsistence, and per diem allowed by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions to be paid equally from approved accounts of both houses of the General Assembly. A vacancy of an appointed member must be filled in the manner of original appointment. The task force shall meet as often as necessary and for its work employ the services of the staff of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology, and the House Judiciary Committee, as the task force determines appropriate.

    (C)    The task force shall prepare a report with recommendations which must be submitted to the General Assembly before January 1, 2003. The task force terminates on the date it files its report or January 1, 2003, whichever occurs first.

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

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