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Bill 984

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      984
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020206
Primary Sponsor:                  Hawkins
All Sponsors:                     Hawkins
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1665dw02.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          Magistrates, required recertifications 
                                  and archaic provisions deleted


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020206  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 22-1-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATES, THEIR JURISDICTION, AND TRAINING AND RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A MAGISTRATE MUST PASS A RECERTIFICATION EXAMINATION EVERY EIGHT YEARS AFTER HIS INITIAL CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION AND TO DELETE ARCHAIC PROVISIONS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 22-1-10(C)(1) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 152 of 1993, is amended to read:

"(1) All magistrates shall complete a training program or pass certification or recertification examinations, or both, pursuant to standards established by the Supreme Court of South Carolina. The examination must be offered at least three times each year. (a) Magistrates appointed for the first time on or after the effective date of this act section shall complete the training program and pass the certification examination within one year after taking office, or before April 30, 1995, whichever is later.

(b) Magistrates serving the counties of Abbeville, Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dillon, Edgefield, Florence, Greenville, Hampton, Jasper, Lancaster, Lee, Marion, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Sumter, and Williamsburg, as of the effective date of this act, shall pass a certification examination before April 30, 1995.

(c) Magistrates serving the counties of Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell, Berkeley, Charleston, Chester, Darlington, Dorchester, Fairfield, Georgetown, Greenwood, Horry, Kershaw, Laurens, Lexington, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Spartanburg, Union, and York, as of the effective date of this section, shall pass a certification examination before April 30, 1996.

(d) Every magistrate shall pass a recertification examination within eight years after passing the initial certification examination, and at least once every eight years thereafter."

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

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