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Bill 847

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      847
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020108
Primary Sponsor:                  McConnell
All Sponsors:                     McConnell, Hawkins, Martin
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1702dw02.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          Public bodies, meetings closed to public 
                                  to be recorded by audio or video tape and 
                                  maintained for two years


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020108  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 30-4-70, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MEETINGS WHICH MAY BE CLOSED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC MUST BE RECORDED ON CONTINUOUS AUDIO OR VIDEO TAPE AND THE TAPES MAINTAINED FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THE MEETING, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE TAPES MAY BE SUBJECTED TO IN CAMERA JUDICIAL REVIEW IN A SUIT BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

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

SECTION 1. Section 30-4-70 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 122 of 1999, is further amended by adding:

"(g) Any meeting of a public body closed to the public must be recorded on continuous audio or video tape and the tapes must be maintained by the public body for a period of two years following the meeting. The tapes of such meetings closed to the public may be subjected to in camera judicial review in any suit brought pursuant to this chapter. No tape maintained by a public body may be destroyed or discarded if the public body is a defendant in a suit brought pursuant to this chapter relative to the meeting for which a tape is maintained."

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

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