Current Status Bill Number:3584 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970303 Primary Sponsor:Cotty All Sponsors:Cotty, Simrill, Inabinett, Neal, Barrett, Fleming, Maddox, Sandifer, Cooper, Klauber and McMaster Drafted Document Number:egm\18571djc.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Juveniles, commitment for delinquency, judge may order restitution, Minors, Juvenile Justice Department
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House 19970303 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-7810, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE COMMITMENT OF JUVENILES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE FOR DELINQUENCY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A JUDGE MAY ORDER RESTITUTION IN ADDITION TO COMMITMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 20-7-7810(B) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 383 of 1996, is amended to read:
"(B) All commitments to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice for delinquency as opposed to the conviction of a specific crime may be made only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed in Sections 20-7-400, 20-7-410, 20-7-460, 20-7-750, 20-7-760, 20-7-1520, and this article, with evaluations made and proceedings conducted only by the judges authorized to order commitments in this section. When a child is committed to the custody of the department, commitment must be for an indeterminate sentence, not extending beyond the twenty-first birthday of the child unless sooner released by the department, or for a determinate commitment sentence not to exceed ninety days. In addition to commitment, the judge may order restitution."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.