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RECALLED
April 26, 2000
S. 1276
S. Printed 4/26/00--S.
Read the first time March 23, 2000.
TO AMEND SECTION 22-4-545(C), CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES FROM GENERAL SESSIONS COURT SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE FOR THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS SHALL RETAIN CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OVER CASES WHICH ARE TRANSFERRED TO MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 22-4-545(C) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(C) All cases transferred to the magistrate's or municipal court must be prosecuted by the solicitor's office. The Chief Judge for Administrative Purposes for the Court of General Sessions shall retain administrative supervision of cases transferred pursuant to this section. The chief magistrate of the county or the chief municipal judge of the municipality upon petition of the solicitor, and approval of the Chief Judge for Administrative Purposes for the Court of General Sessions, shall set the terms of court and order the magistrates and municipal judges to hold terms of court on specific times and dates for the disposition of these cases."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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