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S. 1065
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Fair, Thomas, Campsen and Bryant
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5409cm08.doc
Introduced in the Senate on February 5, 2008
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology
Summary: Prisoner's wages
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/5/2008 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-11
2/5/2008 Senate Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-11
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF THE WAGES OF A PRISONER WHO IS ALLOWED TO WORK AT PAID EMPLOYMENT, SO AS TO REALLOCATE THE PORTION OF A PRISONER'S WAGES FROM EMPLOYMENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MUST BE PAID TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IF RESTITUTION HAS NOT BEEN ORDERED BY THE COURT OR IF COURT-ORDERED RESTITUTION HAS BEEN SATISFIED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 24-3-40(A)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(2) If restitution to a particular victim or victims has not been ordered by the court, or if court-ordered restitution to a particular victim or victims has been satisfied, then one half of the twenty percent referred to in subsection subitem (1) must be placed on deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to a special account to support victim assistance programs established pursuant to the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, Public Law 98-473, Title II, Chapter XIV, Section 1404, if the prisoner is engaged in work at paid employment in the community, and the remaining one half must be retained by the department to support services provided by the department to victims of the incarcerated population. At the close of the fiscal year, any excess funds not expended by the department to support victim services shall revert to the victim assistance programs account mandated in this section. The department is directed to provide an accounting to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee of how the retained funds were expended and the services that were provided by September first of each year. If the prisoner is employed in a prison industry program, then the twenty percent referred to in subsection subitem (1) must be directed to the State Office of Victim Assistance for use in training, program development, victim compensation, and general administrative support pursuant to Section 16-3-1410."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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