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Bill 151

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      151
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010116
Primary Sponsor:                  Wilson
All Sponsors:                     Wilson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22761cm01.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Subject:                          Lexington County Irmo-Chapin Recreation 
                                  Commission, empowered to train law enforcement 
                                  officers to enforce rules


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20010117  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20010116  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on local and uncontested
                  Calendar without reference


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Revised on January 16, 2001 - Word format
Revised on January 17, 2001 - Word format

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INTRODUCED

January 16, 2001

    S. 151

L. Printed 1/16/01--S.    [SEC 1/17/01 2:36 PM]

Read the first time January 16, 2001.

TO AMEND ACT 329 OF 1969, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE IRMO-CHAPIN RECREATION DISTRICT IN LEXINGTON COUNTY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE IRMO-CHAPIN RECREATION COMMISSION IS EMPOWERED TO COMMISSION AND TRAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ENFORCE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSION, THE LAWS OF THIS STATE, AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY WITHIN WHICH ITS FACILITIES ARE LOCATED, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ITS OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED, EMPLOYED, AND TRAINED ALSO MUST RECEIVE TRAINING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY IN ORDER TO HAVE AUTHORITY TO ACT AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

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

SECTION    1.    Item (15) of Section 5 of Act 329 of 1969, as added by Act 182 of 1997, is amended to read:

    "(15)    To enforce the rules and regulations of the commission and the laws of this State and the ordinances of the county or any municipality within which any of its facilities are located and to commission, employ, and train qualified law enforcement officers for this purpose. Irmo-Chapin Recreation Commission law enforcement officers who have been commissioned, employed, and trained also must be appropriately trained as law enforcement officers by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety Criminal Justice Academy in order to have law enforcement authority to make arrests, issue citations, and otherwise act as law enforcement officers."

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

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