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Bill 942

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      942
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020129
Primary Sponsor:                  McConnell
All Sponsors:                     McConnell
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-jud\bills\mcconnell\jud0090.gfm.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          Special purpose districts authorized to 
                                  establish a public safety department


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020129  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND CHAPTER 11, TITLE 6, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-11-340, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT AND POLICE THE FACILITIES OWNED BY THE DISTRICT.

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

SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 11, Title 6 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 6-11-340. (A) The General Assembly finds that the public interest requires the safeguarding and protection of facilities owned by special purpose districts, such as water treatment plants, water storage tanks, wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, and natural gas storage facilities. The health, safety, and protection of human life is dependent, in part, upon these facilities being properly protected from attack by terrorists or others seeking to disrupt the proper operation of facilities.

(B) For purposes of this section, 'special purpose district' means a special purpose district charged with the operation and maintenance of wastewater plants or treatment facilities, water treatment facilities, or with the operation and management of any water distribution system.

(C) Each special purpose district is authorized to establish a public safety department to protect and police the facilities owned by the district under such reasonable rules and regulations as the district may from time to time promulgate. The district may appoint and commission as many public safety officers as necessary for the proper security, general welfare, and convenience of the facilities. The public safety officers must be vested with all powers and duties conferred by law upon constables in addition to duties imposed upon them by the governing body of the district. The jurisdiction of these public safety officers is limited to the property of the special purpose district and the streets and roads through and contiguous to the property.

(D) The public safety officers appointed and commissioned by a special purpose district must be law enforcement officers certified pursuant to Article 9, Chapter 6, Title 23."

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

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