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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.81 Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20010110 Primary Sponsor:Ford All Sponsors:Ford, Branton Drafted Document Number:l:\s-res\rf\027peti.jh.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Arrest warrants issued preceding three months available for public inspection, copying; Courts, Freedom of Information History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20010110 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 30-4-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO INSPECT OR COPY PUBLIC RECORDS, SO AS TO ADD ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR THE PRECEDING THREE MONTHS AS DOCUMENTS WHICH MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND COPYING WHEN THE REQUESTOR APPEARS IN PERSON.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 30-4-30(d) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 423 of 1998, is amended to read:
"(d) The following records of a public body must be made available for public inspection and copying during the hours of operations of the public body without the requestor being required to make a written request to inspect or copy the records when the requestor appears in person:
(1) minutes of the meetings of the public body for the preceding six months;
(2) all reports identified in Section 30-4-50(A)(8) for at least the fourteen-day period before the current day; and
(3) documents identifying persons confined in any jail, detention center, or prison for the preceding three months; and
(4) arrest warrants issued for the preceding three months."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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