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							                                  South Carolina General Assembly
                                      115th Session, 2003-2004

S. 26

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Knotts and Reese
Document Path: l:\council\bills\pt\1129mm03.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Criminal Justice Academy, funding from lottery; eligibility requirements


HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

    Date     Body     Action Description with journal page number
 12/4/2002   Senate   Prefiled
 12/4/2002   Senate   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
 1/14/2003   Senate   Introduced and read first time SJ-32
 1/14/2003   Senate   Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-32


VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/4/2002
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 9                                A BILL
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11   TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
12   1976, BY ADDING SECTION 23-6-431 SO AS TO PROVIDE
13   FOR FUNDING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COSTS
14   AT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY FROM THE
15   SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY ACCOUNT
16   AND TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
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18   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
19   Carolina:
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21   SECTION 1. Article 9, Chapter 6, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is
22   amended by adding:
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24      “Section 23-6-431. (A) A person who attends the central law
25   enforcement training facility, known as the Criminal Justice
26   Academy, as provided in Section 23-6-410 for mandatory law
27   enforcement training and who meets the requirements of this
28   section, shall have full tuition and other costs of his training paid to
29   the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of
30   Training and Continuing Education, from the South Carolina
31   Education Lottery Account.
32      (B) To qualify, a person must be:
33        (1) the recipient of a minimum of six college credits through
34   an articulation agreement between an accredited institution of
35   higher learning and the Criminal Justice Academy for the basic
36   training he received;
37        (2) a law enforcement officer as provided by Section
38   23-6-430 or a person who has been hired by a governmental entity
39   or public law enforcement agency, and who successfully has
40   completed his training requirements and received certification as
41   provided in Section 23-6-450 and appropriate regulations; and


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1        (3) the guarantor of repayment of the advanced tuition and
2   costs to the South Carolina Education Lottery if he fails to remain
3   with the hiring agency for at least two years after completion of the
4   law enforcement training at the Criminal Justice Academy.”
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6   SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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