Bill Text: SC S0218 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Probationer community service supervisors
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology [S0218 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-S0218-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 24-21-435 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PROBATION OFFICERS, COURT PERSONNEL, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PERSONNEL, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, AND PRIVATE VOLUNTEERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS IN WHICH A PROBATIONER IS COMPLETING COMMUNITY SERVICE AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION ARE NOT LIABLE FOR CIVIL DAMAGES UNLESS AN INJURY OR DAMAGES RESULT FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE, RECKLESSNESS, OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT OF THESE PERSONS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT IMMUNITY IS NOT GRANTED TO CERTAIN DRIVERS OR MOTORISTS, WHO BY THEIR NEGLIGENCE, INJURES A PROBATIONER ON COMMUNITY SERVICE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 21, Title 24 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 24-21-435. (A) Probation officers, court personnel, county and municipal personnel, public officials, and private volunteers who participate in community service programs in which a probationer is completing community service as a condition of probation pursuant to Section 24-21-430 are not liable for civil damages, unless an injury or damages result from the gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct of the person.
(B) Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting immunity to a driver transporting a probationer to community service or a motorist who, by his negligence, injures a probationer on community service."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
