Bill Text: SC S0302 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Department of Juvenile Justice
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-22 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [S0302 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2011-S0302-Amended.html
AS PASSED BY THE SENATE
March 21, 2012
S. 302
Introduced by Senators Fair, Hutto, Jackson, Knotts, Rankin and Ford
S. Printed 3/21/12--S.
Read the first time January 11, 2011.
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.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 17, Chapter 19, Title 63 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 63-19-1835. The department may grant 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.
