South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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H. 3527

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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Crawford, Scarborough, F.N. Smith, Barfield, Clemmons, Duncan, Hardwick, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Mack, Moss, J.H. Neal, M.A. Pitts, Thompson and Young
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Introduced in the House on February 14, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Sex offender electronic monitoring

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/14/2007  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-26
   2/14/2007  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-27

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/14/2007

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 23-3-540, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS, SO AS REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "ACTIVE ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE".

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

SECTION    1.    Section 23-3-540(P) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 346 of 2006, is amended to read:

"(P)    As used in this section, 'active electronic monitoring device' means a mechanism one-piece GPS tracking device that is not removed from the person's body utilized by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services in conjunction with a web-based computer system that actively monitors and identifies records a person's location at least once every minute twenty-four hours a day and that timely records and reports or records the person's presence near or within a crime scene or prohibited area or the person's departure from a specified geographic location. In addition, the device must be resistant or impervious to unintentional or wilful damages."

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

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