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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 22-2-180 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON IS A RESIDENT OF A JURY AREA FOR PURPOSES OF BEING ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON A MAGISTRATE'S JURY THAT MUST BE SELECTED FROM A PARTICULAR MAGISTRATE'S DISTRICT OR JURY AREA IF THE PERSON IS A QUALIFIED ELECTOR RESIDING WITHIN THE PARTICULAR MAGISTRATE'S DISTRICT OR JURY AREA, OR IS A QUALIFIED ELECTOR RESIDING WITHIN A VOTING PRECINCT LYING WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY WITHIN THE MAGISTRATE'S DISTRICT OR JURY AREA FROM WHICH THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT JURY MUST BE DRAWN.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Title 22 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 22-2-180. Notwithstanding another provision of law, in counties where boundaries for magistrates' districts or jury areas for magistrates' courts do not coincide with the boundaries of voting precincts, a person is a resident of a jury area for purposes of being eligible to serve on a magistrate's jury that must be selected from a particular magistrate's district or jury area if the person is a qualified elector residing within the particular magistrate's district or jury area, or is a qualified elector residing within a voting precinct lying wholly or partially within the magistrate's district or jury area from which the magistrate's court jury must be drawn."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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