Bill 4559

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               4559
Ratification Number:       675
Act Number                 550
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Refusal to obey court order

(A550, R675, H4559)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-1350, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PUNISHMENT OF CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR A PERSON WHO WILFULLY VIOLATES A LAWFUL ORDER OF THE COURT TO MAKE CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY EARN GOOD TIME AND WORK CREDITS AND PARTICIPATE IN A WORK/PUNISHMENT PROGRAM.

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

Refusal to obey court order

SECTION 1. Section 20-7-1350 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 20-7-1350. An adult who wilfully violates, neglects, or refuses to obey or perform a lawful order of the court, or who violates any provision of this chapter, may be proceeded against for contempt of court. An adult found in contempt of court may be punished by a fine, a public work sentence, or by imprisonment in a local correctional facility, or any combination of them, in the discretion of the court, but not to exceed imprisonment in a local correctional facility for one year, a fine of fifteen hundred dollars, or public work sentence of more than three hundred hours, or any combination of them. An adult sentenced to a term of imprisonment under this section may earn good time credits pursuant to Section 24-13-210 and work credits pursuant to Section 24-13-230 and may participate in a work/punishment program pursuant to Section 24-13-910 unless his participation in any of these programs is prohibited by order of the sentencing judge."

Time effective

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

Approved the 6th day of June, 1990.