South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 266

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Jackson, K. Johnson and Stephens
Document Path: l:\council\bills\jn\3288vr21.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Child support obligations

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 241)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 241)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 63-5-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN OFFENDER SENTENCED TO NINETY OR FEWER DAYS IMPRISONMENT WHO IS EMPLOYED AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING AND IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT MAY SERVE HIS SENTENCE AT A TIME WHEN HE IS NOT WORKING AND THE SENTENCE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH HIS EMPLOYMENT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR WAGE GARNISHMENT TO SATISFY CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 63-5-20 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:

    "( )(1)        A person convicted pursuant to subsection (A) may serve his sentence at a time when the person is not working and the sentence does not interfere with his employment if the person:

            (a)    is sentenced to serve ninety or fewer days of imprisonment;

            (b)    is employed at the time of sentencing; and

            (c)    maintains his employment while serving his sentence.         (2)    Wages earned during his sentence must be garnished to satisfy child support payments ordered by the court."

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

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