South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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H. 4650

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Rutherford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7668ahb12.docx

Introduced in the House on January 24, 2012
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Pretrial intervention coordination

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/24/2012  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 15)
   1/24/2012  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 15)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/24/2012

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 17-22-1120, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PRETRIAL INTERVENTION COORDINATION AND DIVERSION PROGRAM DATA AND REPORTING, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF PRETRIAL INTERVENTION COORDINATION TO DEVELOP A WRITTEN NOTICE OF POSSIBLE PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY TO BE INCLUDED ON, OR DISTRIBUTED WITH, ALL WARRANTS AND COURTESY SUMMONS AND COORDINATE WITH APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED TO PERSONS CHARGED WITH A CRIME.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 17-22-1120 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 273 of 2010, is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:

"( )    The Office of the Pretrial Intervention Coordinator shall develop a written notice for inclusion on, or that must be distributed with, all warrants and courtesy summons which provides notice of possible eligibility for a pretrial intervention program and contact information for the appropriate circuit solicitor with jurisdiction over the offense provided on the warrant or courtesy summons. The office shall coordinate with the appropriate law enforcement agencies to ensure the notice required by the provisions of this subsection is provided to persons charged with a crime."

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

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