South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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Bill 1258

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED - AMENDED

April 26, 2006

S. 1258

Introduced by Senators Fair and Anderson

S. Printed 4/26/06--S.

Read the first time March 16, 2006.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-3-220 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE TO ALLOW AN INMATE WHO IS CONFINED IN A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS' FACILITY TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICE OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND VISIT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-210, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FURLOUGHS FOR CERTAIN INMATES, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT ALLOWS AN INMATE TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF CERTAIN PERSONS.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 24-3-220.    (A)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, when the parent, sibling, spouse, child, grandparent, or grandchild of an inmate housed in a minimum security facility becomes seriously ill to the point of imminent death or dies, the inmate must be offered the choice to either attend the person's funeral service or private viewing or, prior to the person's death, visit the person in the hospital when the attendance or visit does not compromise security as determined by the Department of Corrections.

(B)    The inmate, or a third party on behalf of the inmate, must present verification, satisfactory to the department, of the person's relationship to the inmate and either the person's illness or death.

(C)    The department shall provide the necessary security and transportation for the inmate. The department may collect a reasonable charge for the transportation. The charge may not exceed the actual expense incurred by the department. This charge may be collected from a third party on behalf of the inmate or, if no third party pays, through a deduction from the inmate's trust account."

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

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