Bill 4550

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               4550
Ratification Number:       672
Act Number                 547
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Release of juvenile criminal record of a
                           person adjudicated as a juvenile for
                           committing a

(A547, R672, H4550)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-770, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE RELEASE OF A JUVENILE'S ADJUDICATION RECORD FOR A VIOLENT OFFENSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE JUVENILE CRIMINAL RECORD OF A PERSON ADJUDICATED AS A JUVENILE FOR COMMITTING A VIOLENT CRIME INSTEAD OF LIMITING THE RELEASE TO THE RECORD OF ADJUDICATION FOR A VIOLENT CRIME.

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

Release of juvenile criminal record of a person adjudicated as a juvenile for committing a violent crime

SECTION 1. Section 20-7-770 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 648 of 1988, is amended to read:

"Section 20-7-770. Notwithstanding the right of a person to petition the Family Court pursuant to Section 20-7-780 for the release of a person's record of juvenile adjudications, upon the request of the Attorney General or a circuit solicitor which is made pursuant to a current criminal investigation or prosecution, the Department of Youth Services shall provide the requesting party with a copy of the juvenile criminal record of a person adjudicated as a juvenile for the commission of a violent crime, as defined in Section 16-1-60. A person with a record for an adjudicated violent crime must have his juvenile criminal record maintained by the Department of Youth Services for at least ten years after the date of the violent offense adjudication."

Time effective

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

Approved the 6th day of June, 1990.