South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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H. 3143

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Burns, Dillard, Chumley, Long and Clyburn
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22884zw17.docx

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2017
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Municipalities contracting

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/15/2016  House   Prefiled
  12/15/2016  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/10/2017  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 90)
   1/10/2017  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 90)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/15/2016

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 5-7-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES CONTRACTING TO PROVIDE POLICE PROTECTION BEYOND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A MUNICIPALITY ALSO MAY CONTRACT WITH A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ACADEMIC INSTITUTION TO PROVIDE POLICE PROTECTION SERVICES.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 5-7-110 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 5-7-110.    (A)    Any A municipality may appoint or elect as many police officers, regular or special, as may be necessary for the proper law enforcement in such the municipality and fix their salaries and prescribe their duties.

(B)    Police officers shall must be vested with all the powers and duties conferred by law upon constables, in addition to the special duties imposed upon them by the municipality.

(C)    Any such These police officers shall exercise their powers on all private and public property within the corporate limits of the municipality and on all property owned or controlled by the municipality wheresoever wherever situated; provided, that however, the municipality may contract with any a public or private academic institution, a public utility, agency, or with any a private business to provide police protection beyond the corporate limits. Should the municipality provide police protection beyond its corporate limits by contract, the legal description of the area to be served shall must be filed with the State Law Enforcement Division, the office of the county sheriff, and the Department of Public Safety."

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

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