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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Ford
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Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2009
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology
Summary: Sex offenders
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/10/2008 Senate Prefiled 12/10/2008 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary 1/13/2009 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-87 1/13/2009 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-87 1/27/2009 Senate Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-11 1/27/2009 Senate Committed to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-11
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-21-435 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS WHO ARE SERVING A PROBATIONARY SENTENCE MUST BE PLACED UNDER GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR PROBATIONARY SENTENCES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE AND PARDON SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 21, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 24-21-435. A person who is determined to be a sex offender pursuant to Section 23-3-430, who is serving a probationary sentence, and has been determined by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services to pose a great risk of becoming a recidivist, or has been convicted of a second offense pursuant to Section 23-3-430, must be placed under global positioning system satellite surveillance continuously for the duration of his probationary sentence by the department."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and implemented upon the appropriation of sufficient funds by the General Assembly.
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