South Carolina H 3054: Courts - Transfer of Certain Criminal Cases from General Sessions

Bill Text

South Carolina General Assembly

125th Session, 2023-2024



H. 3054



STATUS INFORMATION



General Bill

Sponsors: Rep. Stavrinakis

Companion/Similar bill(s): 3048

Document Path: LC-0082AHB23.docx



Introduced in the House on January 10, 2023

Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary



Summary: Courts - Transfer of Certain Criminal Cases from General Sessions





HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS



	Date	Body	Action Description with journal page number	

	12/8/2022	House	Prefiled
 

	12/8/2022	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary

	1/10/2023	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal‑page 52)

	1/10/2023	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal‑page 52)



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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL



12/08/2022

























A bill



to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by amending Section 22-3-545, relating to Transfer of certain criminal cases from general sessions court, so as to PROVIDE THAT CRIMINAL CASES IN WHICH THE PENALTY DOES NOT EXCEED THREE YEARS, RATHER THAN ONE YEAR, MAY BE TRANSFERRED FROM GENERAL SESSIONS COURT.



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



SECTION 1.	Section 22‑3‑545(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:



	(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22‑3‑540 and 22‑3‑550, a criminal case, the penalty for which the crime in the case does not exceed five thousand five hundred dollars or one year three years imprisonment, or both, either as originally charged or as charged pursuant to the terms of a plea agreement, may be transferred from general sessions court if the provisions of this section are followed.



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

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