South Carolina General Assembly
107th Session, 1987-1988

Bill 466

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               466
Ratification Number:       68
Act Number                 41
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Definitions used in the Prison
                           Overcrowding Powers Act
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(A41, R68, S466)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-1120, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS USED IN THE PRISON OVERCROWDING POWERS ACT, SO AS TO ADD TO THE DEFINITION OF "QUALIFIED PRISONER" THAT THE PRISONER HAS NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE THIRD DEGREE OR COMMITTING OR ATTEMPTING A LEWD ACT UPON A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN.

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

Definition

SECTION 1. Section 24-3-1120(i) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 462 of 1986, is further amended to read:

"(i) 'Qualified prisoner' means prisoners convicted of nonviolent offenses as defined in Section 16-1-70 and not convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree pursuant to the provisions of Section 16-3-654 or committing or attempting a lewd act upon a child under the age of fourteen pursuant to the provisions of Section 16-15-140."

Time effective

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