South Carolina General Assembly
103rd Session, 1979-1980

Bill 374

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               374
Ratification Number:       509
Act Number                 437
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Condition of probation--restitution--supervised employment
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(A437, R509, S374)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 14-21-620, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF JUVENILE CASES BY THE FAMILY COURTS, SO AS TO PERMIT THE COURT TO ORDER RESTITUTION OR PARTICIPATION IN SUPERVISED WORK OR COMMUNITY SERVICE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PLACEMENT AND AFTERCARE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY AGENCIES AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION IN THE CASE OF ANY CHILD WHO IS ADJUDICATED AS DELINQUENT FOR A VIOLATION OF ANY STATE LAW OR MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY ORDINANCE.

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

Condition of probation--restitution--supervised employment

Section 1. Item (a) of Section 14-21-620 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"The court may impose restitution or participation in supervised work or community service as a condition of probation. Juvenile Placement and Aftercare, in coordination with local community agencies, shall develop and encourage employment of a constructive nature designed to make reparation and to promote the rehabilitation of the child. If the court imposes as a condition of probation a requirement that restitution in a specified amount be paid, the amount to be paid as restitution may not exceed five hundred dollars. The Department of Juvenile Placement and Aftercare shall develop a system for the transferring of any court ordered restitution from the juvenile to the victim or owner of any property injured, destroyed or stolen."

As amended the item shall read:

"(a) Place the child on probation or under supervision in his own home or in the custody of a suitable person elsewhere, upon such conditions as the Court may determine. Probation shall mean casework services during a continuance of the case. Probation shall not be ordered or administered as punishment, but as a measure for the protection, guidance and well-being of the child and his family. Probation methods shall be directed to the discovery and correction of the basic causes of maladjustment and to the development of the child's personality and character, with the aid of the social resources of the community. The court may impose restitution or participation in supervised work or community service as a condition of probation. Juvenile Placement and Aftercare, in coordination with local community agencies, shall develop and encourage employment of a constructive nature designed to make reparation and to promote the rehabilitation of the child. If the Court imposes as a condition of probation a requirement that restitution in a specified amount be paid, the amount to be paid as restitution may not exceed five hundred dollars. The Department of Juvenile Placement and After-care shall develop a system for the transferring of any court ordered restitution from the juvenile to the victim or owner of any property injured, destroyed or stolen."

Time effective

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.