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S. 937
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators McConnell and Martin
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Introduced in the Senate on February 10, 2004
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Probation, Parole and Pardon Services Board; calls for making administrative recommendations available to victim before parole hearings are conducted and to allow crime victims to appear before boards during parole hearings via two-way closed circuit television
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/10/2004 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7 2/10/2004 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-7
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-21-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES BOARD MUST MAKE ITS ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AVAILABLE TO A VICTIM OF A CRIME BEFORE IT CONDUCTS A PAROLE HEARING FOR THE PERPETRATOR OF THE CRIME; TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-30, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PAROLE BOARD MEETINGS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES MUST CONDUCT ALL PAROLE HEARINGS IN CASES THAT RELATE TO A SINGLE VICTIM ON THE SAME DAY; AND TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-710, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FILM, VIDEOTAPE, OR OTHER ELECTRONIC INFORMATION THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED BY THE PAROLE BOARD WHEN IT MAKES A PAROLE DETERMINATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD MUST MAINTAIN AND ALLOW CRIME VICTIMS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD DURING PAROLE HEARINGS VIA A TWO-WAY CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 21, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 24-21-35. The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services Board must make its administrative recommendations available to a victim of a crime before it conducts a parole hearing for the perpetrator of the crime."
SECTION 2. Section 24-21-30 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 83 of 1995, is further amended by adding at the end:
"(C) The board must conduct all parole hearings in cases that relate to a single victim on the same day."
SECTION 3. Section 24-21-710(E) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 57 of 1995, is amended to read:
"(E) The Department of Corrections may install, maintain, and operate a two-way closed circuit television system in one or more correctional institutions of the department that confines persons eligible for parole. The Board of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services may shall install, maintain, and operate a closed circuit television system systems at a location locations determined by the board and may conduct parole hearings by means of a two-way closed circuit television system provided in this section. A victim of a crime must be allowed access to this system to appear before the board during a parole hearing."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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