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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-7-113 SO AS TO TRANSFER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM AND ITS PERSONNEL AND APPROPRIATIONS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE; TO AMEND SECTION 1-30-110, RELATING TO PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, SO AS TO DELETE THE GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM FROM THE GOVERNOR'S ADMINISTRATION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-121, RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM, SO AS TO CONFORM LANGUAGE TRANSFERRING THIS PROGRAM TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 7, Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 1-7-113. (A) The South Carolina Guardian ad Litem Program is transferred to the Attorney General's office and its duties, functions, and responsibilities are devolved upon the Attorney General's office on July 1, 2004. All personnel, appropriations, and full-time equivalent positions of the Guardian ad Litem Program also are transferred to the Attorney General's office on July 1, 2004.
(B) The Attorney General shall administer the South Carolina Guardian ad Litem Program, as contained in Subarticle 4, Article 3, Chapter 7, Title 20."
SECTION 2. Section 1-30-110(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(2) Guardian Ad Litem Program, formerly provided for at Section 20-7-121, et seq.; Reserved."
SECTION 3. Section 20-7-121 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 450 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"Section 20-7-121. There is created the South Carolina Guardian ad Litem Program to serve as a statewide system to provide training and supervision to volunteers who serve as court-appointed special advocates for children in abuse and neglect proceedings within the family court, pursuant to Section 20-7-110. This program must be administered by the Attorney General's office of the Governor."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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