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
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 CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
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.
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.