South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 3275


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       3275
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970121
Primary Sponsor:                   Klauber
All Sponsors:                      Klauber, Seithel, Sharpe,
                                   Simrill, Knotts, Fleming, Miller,
                                   Whatley, Robinson, Trotter, Hawkins,
                                   Sandifer, Bauer, R. Smith, Woodrum,
                                   Limbaugh, Young, Haskins, Wilder,
                                   D. Smith, Webb, Barrett,
                                   Witherspoon, Harrell, Leach,
                                   Young-Brickell, Kelley, Rodgers and
                                   Altman 
Drafted Document Number:           dka\3979cm.97
Residing Body:                     Senate
Current Committee:                 Corrections and Penology
                                   Committee 03 SCP
Date of Last Amendment:            19970402
Subject:                           Prisoners, certain may be
                                   housed in tents; Prisons and
                                   Prisoners, Jail



History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

Senate  19970529  Recommitted to Committee                 03 SCP
Senate  19970527  Recalled from Committee,                 03 SCP
                  placed on the Calendar
Senate  19970408  Introduced, read first time,             03 SCP
                  referred to Committee
House   19970403  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19970402  Amended, read second time
House   19970325  Request for debate by Representative             Scott
                                                                   Neal
                                                                   Canty
                                                                   F. Smith
                                                                   T. Brown
                                                                   Howard
                                                                   Inabinett
                                                                   Moody-
                                                                   Lawrence
                                                                   Breeland
                                                                   Mack
                                                                   Easterday
                                                                   Knotts
                                                                   Young-
                                                                   Brickell
                                                                   Law
                                                                   Witherspoon
                                                                   Sharpe
                                                                   Carnell
                                                                   Woodrum
                                                                   J. Brown
House   19970319  Committee report: Favorable with         25 HJ
                  amendment
House   19970121  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee

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RECALLED

May 27, 1997

H. 3275

Introduced by Reps. Klauber, Seithel, Sharpe, Simrill, Knotts, Fleming, Miller, Whatley, Robinson, Trotter, Hawkins, Sandifer, Bauer, R. Smith, Woodrum, Limbaugh, Young, Haskins, Wilder, D. Smith, Webb, Barrett, Witherspoon, Harrell, Leach, Young-Brickell, Kelley, Rodgers and Altman

S. Printed 5/27/97--S.

Read the first time April 8, 1997.

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-3-33 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PRISONERS MAY BE HOUSED IN TENTS; AND TO REPEAL CHAPTER 9 OF TITLE 24 RELATING TO THE JAIL AND PRISON INSPECTION PROGRAM.

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

SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Prison Overcrowding Relief Act of 1997".

SECTION 2. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 24-3-33. (A) The Department of Corrections may use tents, soft-sided, temporary, or portable structures to house prisoners eligible for minimum custody confinement or work release.

(B) A person charged with the operation of a county jail or detention facility may use tents, soft-sided, temporary, or portable structures to house pretrial detainees and prisoners convicted of nonviolent offenses.

(C) The release of prisoners must not be ordered under a provision of the laws of this State, including Section 24-22-40, unless the department or a person charged with the operation of a county jail or detention facility has erected tents, soft-sided, temporary, or portable structures to house inmates eligible to be housed.

(D) If the department or a person charged with the operations of a county jail or detention facility elects to use tents, soft-sided, temporary, or portable structures to house inmates as provided in this section, a tent, soft-sided, temporary, or portable structure constructed or used must be subject to fire safety inspections by the State Fire Marshal under fire safety codes for structures housing the number of persons to be housed in each tent, soft-sided, temporary, or portable structure.

(E) The person charged with the operation of a county jail or detention facility shall promulgate minimum standards for housing prisoners in tents, soft-sided, temporary, or portable structures. These standards must be approved by a majority vote of the governing body that oversees the operation of the facility."

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

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