2019-2020 Bill 48: Sentencing Reform Oversight Committee ...



South Carolina General Assembly123rd Session, 2019-2020S. 48STATUS INFORMATIONGeneral BillSponsors: Senator MalloyDocument Path: l:\s-res\gm\018sent.kmm.gm.docxIntroduced in the Senate on January 8, 2019Currently residing in the Senate Committee on JudiciarySummary: Sentencing Reform Oversight CommitteeHISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONSDateBodyAction Description with journal page number12/12/2018SenatePrefiled12/12/2018SenateReferred to Committee on Judiciary1/8/2019SenateIntroduced and read first time (Senate Journalpage?60)1/8/2019SenateReferred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journalpage?60)View the latest legislative information at the websiteVERSIONS OF THIS BILL12/12/2018A BILLTO AMEND CHAPTER 28, TITLE 24 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE SENTENCING REFORM OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, TO REESTABLISH THE SENTENCING REFORM OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.Whereas, the Sentencing Reform Oversight Committee was established by Act 273 of 2010, the Omnibus Crime Reduction and Sentencing Reform Act of 2010; andWhereas, Section 24-28-20(C) provided that the oversight committee would terminate automatically five years after its first meeting if not reauthorized by joint resolution prior to that date; andWhereas, the General Assembly failed to adopt a joint resolution reauthorizing the oversight committee prior to its automatic termination; andWhereas, the General Assembly recognizes the positive contribution that the oversight committee made toward criminal justice reform in this State and acknowledges that the oversight committee is vital to continuing that progress; andWhereas, by and through this act, the General Assembly is reestablishing the oversight committee in the same form and with the same powers, duties, and authority as previously held. Now, therefore,Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:SECTION1.Section 242820(C) of the 1976 Code is repealed.SECTION2.Section 242830(3)(c) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:“(c)on or before December first of each year, beginning in 2011 2019, to report the calculations made pursuant to item (3)(a) to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, and the Governor. The report also shall recommend whether to appropriate up to thirtyfive percent of any state expenditures that are avoided as calculated in item (3)(a) to the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services;”SECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.XX ................
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