South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 371

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Leventis
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20197sd03.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3531

Introduced in the Senate on February 18, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology

Summary: Corrections Department, inmate labor

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/18/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-3
   2/18/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-3

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/18/2003

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-1-290 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MAY ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR ENTITIES THAT ALLOW INMATE LABOR TO BE PROVIDED FOR PRISON INDUSTRY SERVICE WORK.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 24-1-290.    The Director of the Department of Corrections may enter into contracts with private sector entities that allow inmate labor to be provided for prison industry service work. The use of inmate labor may not result in the displacement of employed workers within the local region in which work is being performed. Pursuant to this section, service work is defined as any work that includes repair, replacement of original manufactured items, packaging, sorting, recycling, labeling, or similar work that is not original equipment manufacturing. The department may negotiate the wage to be paid for inmate labor provided under prison industry service work contracts, and these wages may be less than the prevailing wage for work of a similar nature in the private sector."

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

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