BIL:1010
RTN:344
ACN:377
TYP:Joint Resolution JR
INB:Senate
IND:20020213
PSP:Fair
SPO:Fair, Glover, Verdin, Ryberg, Giese, Anderson, Alexander, Pinckney, Branton, Short, Thomas, Martin, Ford, Patterson and Gregory
DDN:l:\council\bills\bbm\10728htc02.doc
DPB:20020514
LAD:20020508
GOV:U Became law without signature of Governor
DGA:20020529
SUB:Task Force on Corrections established
HST:
BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved
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------20021017Act No. A377
------20020529Unsigned, became law without
signature of Governor
------20020522Ratified R344
House20020514Concurred in Senate amendment,
enrolled for ratification
Senate20020508House amendments amended,
returned to House with amendment
House20020502Read third time, returned with
amendment
House20020501Amended, read second time
House20020430Debate adjourned until
Wednesday, 20020501
House20020424Committee report: Favorable with27 H3M
amendment
House20020313Introduced, read first time,27 H3M
referred to Committee
Senate20020312Read third time, sent to House
Senate20020307Amended, read second time,
ordered to third reading
with notice of general amendments
Senate20020307Committee amendment adopted
Senate20020306Committee report: Favorable with03 SCP
amendment
Senate20020213Introduced, read first time,03 SCP
referred to Committee
Versions of This Bill
Revised on 20020306
Revised on 20020307
Revised on 20020424
Revised on 20020501
Revised on 20020508
TXT:
(A377, R344, S1010)
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE TASK FORCE ON CORRECTIONS AND PROVIDE ITS MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES AND TO PROVIDE FOR IT TO MAKE A REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE MARCH 1, 2003, AFTER WHICH THE TASK FORCE TERMINATES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Task Force on Corrections established; objectives; report
SECTION1.(A)There is established the Task Force on Corrections. The task force shall identify and study methods to:
(1)promote fair and effective criminal and juvenile justice systems;
(2)provide for monitoring of correctional facilities and programs; and
(3)develop and maintain cooperative relationships with organizations, both public and private, involved in the fields of corrections, probation, parole, and related issues.
(B)The committee consists of nineteen members as follows:
(1)the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology, ex officio, who shall serve as chairman;
(2)a Senator appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(3)the Chairman of the House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee;
(4)a House member appointed by the Speaker of the House;
(5)the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, ex officio;
(6)the Director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, ex officio;
(7)the Director of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, ex officio;
(8)four members appointed by the Governor, one each to represent the inmate/family advocacy, victim advocacy, health care provider, and social service provider communities;
(9)four members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one each to represent the legal, religious, business, and health care provider communities;
(10)four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one each from the business, religious, legal, and social service provider communities.
Members shall serve without compensation and are not entitled to receive mileage, per diem, and subsistence. A vacancy of an appointed member must be filled in the manner of original appointment. The task force shall meet as often as necessary and for its work employ the services of the staff of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, Sentencing Guidelines Commission, and the Senate Committee on Corrections and Penology, as the task force determines appropriate, and House staff as may be assigned by the Speaker of the House.
(C)The task force shall prepare a report with recommendations which must be submitted to the General Assembly before March 1, 2003. The task force terminates on the date it files its report or March 1, 2003, whichever occurs first.
Time effective
SECTION2.This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 22nd day of May, 2002.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/29/02.
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