South Carolina General Assembly
108th Session, 1989-1990

Bill 4262

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               4262
Ratification Number:       508
Act Number                 433
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   South Carolina Sentencing Guidelines
                           Commission
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(A433, R508, H4262)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 24-26-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION, SO AS TO DELETE REFERENCE TO THE DATE CERTAIN BY WHICH THE COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO PRESCRIBE ADVISORY SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR THE GENERAL SESSIONS COURT FOR ALL OFFENSES FOR WHICH A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF GREATER THAN ONE YEAR IS ALLOWED; AND TO AMEND ACT 152 OF 1989, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADVISORY SENTENCING GUIDELINES MUST BE PRESCRIBED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 31, 1991, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM BASED ON MAXIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT FOR ALL SOUTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL OFFENSES WHICH THE COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO RECOMMEND TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MUST BE RECOMMENDED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 31, 1991, RATHER THAN BY DECEMBER 1, 1990.

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

Date certain deleted

SECTION 1. Section 24-26-20(1) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 152 of 1989, is amended to read:

"(1) The commission shall prescribe advisory sentencing guidelines for the general sessions court for all offenses for which a term of imprisonment of greater than one year is allowed."

Date of recommendation changed, etc.

SECTION 2. Section 3 of Act 152 of 1989 is amended to read:

"Section 3. The classification system which the commission is required to recommend to the General Assembly pursuant to Section 24-26-50 of the 1976 Code must be recommended on or before January 31, 1991. The advisory sentencing guidelines which the commission is required to prescribe, pursuant to Section 24-26-20(1), for the general sessions court for all offenses for which a term of imprisonment of greater than one year is allowed must be prescribed on or before January 31, 1991."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 24th day of April, 1990.