South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

S. 1334

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Reese
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\21008sd06.doc

Introduced in the Senate on April 11, 2006
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Office of Disciplinary Counsel

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4/11/2006  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-6
   4/11/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-6
   4/11/2006  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Moore (ch), Ford, Mescher, 
                        Rankin, Scott

View the latest legislative information at the LPITS web site

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/11/2006

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 14-3-645 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT WHERE THE OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL CANNOT AGREE WITH A SUMMARY COURT JUDGE OR MUNICIPAL RECORDER WHO HAS BEEN PLACED ON INTERIM SUSPENSION BY THE SUPREME COURT AS TO THE APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE TO BE IMPOSED ON THAT JUDGE OR RECORDER AFTER A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS SINCE THE DATE OF THE INTERIM SUSPENSION, THE SUPREME COURT SHALL CAUSE A HEARING TO BE CONVENED ON THE MATTER WHICH SHALL RESULT IN A DISCIPLINE BEING IMPOSED OR A DISMISSAL OF THE MATTER AND A REMOVAL OF THE INTERIM SUSPENSION.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 3, Title 14 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 14-3-645.    Where the Office of Disciplinary Counsel cannot agree with a summary court judge or municipal recorder who has been placed on interim suspension by the Supreme Court as to the appropriate discipline to be imposed on that judge or recorder after a period of one hundred eighty days since the date of the interim suspension, the Supreme Court shall cause a hearing to be convened on the matter which shall result in a discipline being imposed or a dismissal of the matter and a removal of the interim suspension."

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

----XX----

This web page was last updated on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 3:36 P.M.