Bill Text: SC H3197 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Department of Juvenile Justice
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-02 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Long [H3197 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2011-H3197-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 63-19-350, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE SHALL PROVIDE, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE TO GRANT PROBATIONERS AND PAROLEES UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S SUPERVISION UP TO A TEN-DAY REDUCTION OF THE PROBATIONARY OR PAROLE TERM FOR EACH MONTH THEY ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR PROBATION OR PAROLE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 63-19-350 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:
"( ) granting up to a ten-day reduction of the probationary or parole term to probationers and parolees who are under the department's supervision for each month they are compliant with the terms and conditions of their probation or parole order."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.