Bill Text: SC S0947 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Magistrates Court jurisdiction
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-31 - Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology [S0947 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2017-S0947-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY REPEALING SECTION 24-3-965 RELATING TO EXCLUSIVE MAGISTRATES COURT JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES REGARDING THE FURNISHING OF CONTRABAND TO INMATES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 24-3-965 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 2. The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
