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SC Code § 16-25-550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-550. Revenue generation for operation and administration.

 Each community domestic violence coordinating council is responsible for generating revenue for its operation and administration.  HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 58 (S.3), Pt IV, Section 21, eff June 4, 2015.
SC Code § 16-25-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-710. Short title.

 This article may be cited as the "Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committees".  HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 147 (H.4666), Section 1, eff March 15, 2016.
SC Code § 16-25-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-730. Certain meetings closed to public; penalties.

 Meetings of the committee are closed to the public and are not subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act when the committee is discussing an individual case. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, a person must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.  HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 147 (H.4666), Section 1, eff March 15, 2016.
SC Code § 16-25-740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-740. Confidential information and records.

 (A) All information and records acquired by the committee in the exercise of their purposes and duties pursuant to this article are confidential, exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and only may be disclosed as necessary to carry out the committee's duties and purposes.  (B) Except as necessary to carry out the committee's purposes and duties, members of the committee and persons attending their meeting may not disclose what transpired at a meeting which is not public under the Freedom of Information Act, and may not disclose information, the disclosure of which is prohibited by this section.  (C) Members of the committee, persons attending a committee meeting, and persons who present information to the committee may not be required to disclose in any civil or criminal proceeding information presented in or opinions formed as a result of a meeting, except that information available from other sources is not immune from introduction into evidence through those sources solely because it was presented during proceedings of the committee or because it is maintained by the committee. Nothing in this subsection prevents a person from testifying to information obtained independently of the committee or which is public information.  (D) Information, documents, and records of the committee are not subject to subpoena, discovery, or the Freedom of Information Act, except that information, documents, and records otherwise available from other sources are not immune from subpoena, discovery, or the Freedom of Information Act through those sources solely because they were presented during proceedings of the committee or because they are maintained by the committee.  (E) Except as necessary to carry out the committee's purposes and duties, members of the committee are not to keep in their possession copies of information, documents, and records subpoenaed or otherwise obtained by or created by the committee. Upon the completion of an investigation, all information, documents, and records subpoenaed or otherwise obtained by or created by the committee shall remain with the Office of the Circuit Solicitor and retained pursuant to that office's policies.  (F) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, a person must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.  HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 147 (H.4666), Section 1, eff March 15, 2016.
SC Code § 16-25-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence|Section 16-25-750. Recommendations.

 Each domestic fatality review committee shall make recommendations, when appropriate to, but not limited to, the Domestic Violence Advisory Committee created pursuant to Section 16-25-310 regarding:  (1) training, including cross-agency training, consultation, technical assistance needs, and service gaps that would decrease the likelihood of domestic violence;  (2) the need for changes to any statute, regulation, policy, or procedure to decrease the incidences of domestic violence and include proposals for changes to statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures in the committee's annual report;  (3) education of the public regarding the incidences and causes of domestic violence, specific steps the public can undertake to prevent domestic violence, and the support that civic, philanthropic, and public service organizations can provide in assisting the committee to educate the public;  (4) training of medical examiners, coroners, law enforcement, and other emergency responders on the causes and identification of domestic violence incidents, indicators, and injuries; and  (5) the development and implementation of policies and procedures for its own governance and operation.  HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 147 (H.4666), Section 1, eff March 15, 2016.
SC Code § 16-27-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 27 - Animal Fighting And Baiting Act|Section 16-27-10. Short title.

 This chapter is known and may be cited as "The Animal Fighting and Baiting Act".  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 491, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-27-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 27 - Animal Fighting And Baiting Act|Section 16-27-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (a) "Animal" means any live vertebrate creature, domestic or wild.  (b) "Fighting" means an attack with violence by an animal against another animal or a human.  (c) "Baiting" means to provoke or to harass an animal with one or more animals with the purpose of training an animal for, or to cause an animal to engage in, fights with or among other animals or between animals and humans.  (d) "Person" means every natural person or individual and any firm, partnership, association, or corporation.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 491, Section 2.
SC Code § 16-27-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 27 - Animal Fighting And Baiting Act|Section 16-27-30. Acts or omissions constituting felonies; penalties.

 Any person who:  (a) owns an animal for the purpose of fighting or baiting;  (b) is a party to or causes any fighting or baiting of any animal;  (c) purchases, rents, leases, or otherwise acquires or obtains the use of any structure, facility, or location for the purpose of fighting or baiting any animal; or  (d) knowingly allows or permits or makes available any structure, facility, or location to be used for the purpose of fighting or baiting any animal is guilty of a felony and upon conviction must be punished by a fine of five thousand dollars or imprisoned for five years, or both.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 491, Section 3.
SC Code § 16-27-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 27 - Animal Fighting And Baiting Act|Section 16-27-40. Acts constituting misdemeanors upon conviction of first or second offense and constituting felonies upon conviction of third or subsequent offense; penalties.

 Any person who:  (a) is present at any structure, facility, or location where preparations are being made for the purpose of fighting or baiting any animal with knowledge that those preparations are being made, or  (b) is present at any structure, facility, or location with knowledge that fighting or baiting of any animal is taking place or is about to take place there is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction for a first offense must be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months, or both, and for a second offense by a fine of one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year, or both. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent offense is guilty of a felony and must be punished by a fine of five thousand dollars or imprisonment for five years, or both.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 491, Section 4.
SC Code § 16-27-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 27 - Animal Fighting And Baiting Act|Section 16-27-50. Applicability of cruelty provisions; presumption of cruelty.

 (A) The provisions of Section 47-1-150 apply to this chapter.  (B) For purposes of a hearing to determine whether the owner is able to provide adequately for the animal and is fit to have custody of the animal, any animal found to be owned, trained, possessed, purchased, sold, transported, or bred in violation of this chapter must be considered cruelly treated and the owner must be deemed unfit.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 491, Section 5; 2006 Act No. 345, Section 2, eff June 12, 2006.
SC Code § 16-27-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 27 - Animal Fighting And Baiting Act|Section 16-27-60. Inapplicability of chapter to certain activities and to game fowl.

 (a) The provisions of Section 16-27-30 do not apply to any person:  (1) using any animal to pursue or take wildlife or to participate in hunting in accordance with the game and wildlife laws of this State and regulations of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources;  (2) using any animal to work livestock for agricultural purposes;  (3) properly training or using dogs for law enforcement purposes or protection of persons and private property.  (b) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to game fowl.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 491, Section 6; 1993 Act No.181, Section 275.
SC Code § 16-27-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 27 - Animal Fighting And Baiting Act|Section 16-27-70. Relationship to other laws.

 The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and not in lieu of any other provision of law.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 491, Section 8.
SC Code § 16-27-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 27 - Animal Fighting And Baiting Act|Section 16-27-80. Applicability of chapter to hunting dogs and certain events.

 (A) This chapter does not apply to dogs used for the purpose of hunting, including, but not limited to, hunting on shooting preserves or wildlife management areas authorized pursuant to Title 50, or to dogs used in field trials, including events more commonly known as "water races", "treeing contests", "coon-on-a-log", "bear-baying", or "fox-pen-trials". Such "fox-pen-trials" must be approved by permit for field trials by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.  (B) Except as otherwise provided in Section 16-27-60, this chapter applies to events more commonly known as "hog-dog fights", "hog-dog rodeos", or "hog-dogging" in which bets are placed, or cash, points, titles, trophies, or other awards are given based primarily on the ability of a dog to catch a hog using physical contact in the controlled environment of an enclosure.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 491, Section 9; 1993 Act No.181, Section 276; 2006 Act No. 345, Section 4, eff June 12, 2006.
SC Code § 17-1-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-1-10. Manner of prosecuting criminal action.

 A criminal action is prosecuted by the State, as a party, against a person charged with a public offense, for the punishment thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-1; 1952 Code Section 17-1; 1942 Code Section 5; 1932 Code Section 5; Civ. P. '22 Section 5; Civ. P. '12 Section 5; Civ. P. '02 Section 5; 1870 (14) 423.
SC Code § 17-1-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-1-20. Prosecuting officer shall not accept fees or rewards, nor act in a civil case as counsel for either party.

 No prosecuting officer shall receive any fee or reward from or in behalf of a prosecutor for services in any prosecution or business to which it is his official business to attend, nor be concerned as counsel or attorney for either party in a civil action depending upon the same state of facts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-2; 1952 Code Section 17-2; 1942 Code Section 3123; 1932 Code Section 3123; Civ. C. '22 Section 805; Civ. C. '12 Section 720; Civ. C. '02 Section 648; G. S. 505; R. S. 565; 1868 (14) 88.
SC Code § 17-1-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-1-30. Rule of strict construction is inapplicable to this title.

 The rule of the common law that statutes in derogation of that law are to be strictly construed has no application to this title.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-3; 1960 (51) 1744.
SC Code § 17-1-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 17-1-45. Expungement notice requirement.

 South Carolina Court Administration shall include on all bond paperwork and courtesy summons the following notice: "If the charges that have been brought against you are discharged, dismissed, or nolle prossed or if you are found not guilty, you may have your record expunged."  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 36, Section 4, eff June 2, 2009.
SC Code § 17-3-5 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 3 - Defense Of Indigents|Section 17-3-5. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter, the term:  (1) "Commission" means the Commission on Indigent Defense.  (2) "Division of Appellate Defense" includes all attorneys and employees in the division.  (3) "Assistant public defender" means an attorney who is employed by a circuit public defender office.  (4) "Circuit public defender" means the head of a public defender office providing indigent defense representation within a given judicial circuit of this State.  (5) "Circuit public defender office" means the office of one of the several circuit public defenders.  (6) "Public defender" means an attorney who is employed in a circuit public defender office or who represents an indigent person pursuant to a contractual arrangement with a circuit public defender office.  (7) "Administering county" means the county within each circuit with which the circuit public defender has an agreement for the administering of indigent defense funds distributed from the State and the counties within the circuit for the provision of indigent defender services within each circuit.  (8) "Chief county public defender" means a public defender appointed by the circuit public defender to assist in managing, supervising, and providing indigent defense representation in one or more assigned counties within the circuit.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 108, Section 2, eff June 21, 2007.
SC Code § 17-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 3 - Defense Of Indigents|Section 17-3-10. Persons entitled to counsel shall be so advised; when counsel shall be provided.

 Any person entitled to counsel under the Constitution of the United States shall be so advised and if it is determined that the person is financially unable to retain counsel then counsel shall be provided upon order of the appropriate judge unless such person voluntarily and intelligently waives his right thereto. The fact that the accused may have previously engaged and partially paid private counsel at his own expense in connection with pending charges shall not preclude a finding that he is financially unable to retain counsel.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-281; 1969 (56) 374; 1977 Act No. 98 Section 2.
SC Code § 17-3-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 3 - Defense Of Indigents|Section 17-3-20. Appointment of counsel for indigents charged with murder; compensation.

 In the event any person who shall be charged with murder shall, after investigation by the court, be determined to be unable financially to retain adequate legal counsel, the court shall appoint such qualified and experienced counsel to defend such defendant in the trial of the action.  Such appointed counsel shall be paid such fee and costs as the court shall deem appropriate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-281.1; 1974 (58) 2361.
SC Code § 17-3-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 3 - Defense Of Indigents|Section 17-3-30. Affidavit of inability to employ counsel; payment of indigent's assets to state; application fee; waiver or reduction of fee; disposition of fee revenues; fund for screening applicants.

 (A) A person to whom counsel has been provided shall execute an affidavit that he is financially unable to employ counsel and that affidavit must set forth all his assets. If it appears that the person has some assets but they are insufficient to employ private counsel, the court, in its discretion, may order the person to pay these assets to the general fund of the State.  (B) A forty dollar application fee for public defender services must be collected from every person who executes an affidavit that he is financially unable to employ counsel. The person may apply to the clerk of court or other appropriate official for a waiver or reduction in the application fee. If the clerk or other appropriate official determines that the person is unable to pay the application fee, the fee may be waived or reduced, provided that if the fee is waived or reduced, the clerk or appropriate official shall report the amount waived or reduced to the trial judge upon sentencing and the trial judge shall order the remainder of the fee paid during probation if the person is granted probation. The clerk of court or other appropriate official shall collect the application fee imposed by this section and remit the proceeds to the state fund on a monthly basis. The monies must be deposited in an interest-bearing account separate from the general fund and used only to provide for indigent defense services. The monies shall be administered by the Office of Indigent Defense. The clerk of court or other appropriate official shall maintain a record of all persons applying for representation and the disposition of the application and shall provide this information to the Office of Indigent Defense on a monthly basis as well as reporting the amount of funds collected or waived.  (C) Sufficient funds shall be set aside from allocations provided for the defense of indigent to provide for adequate screening of applications for indigent assistance to ensure the applicant is qualified.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-282; 1969 (56) 374; 1977 Act No. 219 Pt II Section 19; 1988 Act No. 356, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 45E; 1994 Act No. 497, Part I, E23-Section 14; 1995 Act No. 145, Part IB, E23-Section 14; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 26B; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 17; 2007 Act No. 108, Section 4, eff June 21, 2007.
SC Code § 17-3-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 3 - Defense Of Indigents|Section 17-3-40. Creation of claim against assets and estate of person for whom counsel is provided.

 (A) The appointment of counsel, as hereinbefore provided, creates a claim against the assets and estate of the person who is provided counsel in an amount equal to the costs of representation as determined pursuant to Sections 17-3-50 and 17-3-80, less that amount that the person pays to the defender corporation of the county or counties wherein he is being represented or the judicial department as provided for in Section 17-3-30.  (B) Such claim shall be filed in the office of the clerk of court in the county where the person is assigned counsel, but the filing of a claim shall not constitute a lien against real or personal property of the person unless, in the discretion of the court, part or all of such claim is reduced to judgment by appropriate order of the court, after serving the person with at least thirty days' notice that judgment will be entered. When a claim is reduced to judgment, it shall have the same effect as judgments, except as modified by this chapter.  (C) The court may, in its discretion, order any claim or judgment waived, modified or withdrawn.  (D) The Judicial Department shall be responsible for administering this section, and all moneys collected hereunder shall be paid over to the Judicial Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-283; 1969 (56) 374; 1977 Act No. 219 Part II Section 19; 1988 Act No. 356, Section 2.
SC Code § 17-3-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 3 - Defense Of Indigents|Section 17-3-50. Determination of fees for appointed counsel and public defenders; maximum amounts; authorization to exceed maximum; payment for certain services.

 (A) When private counsel is appointed pursuant to this chapter, he must be paid a reasonable fee to be determined on the basis of forty dollars an hour for time spent out of court and sixty dollars an hour for time spent in court. The same hourly rates apply in post-conviction proceedings. Compensation may not exceed three thousand five hundred dollars in a case in which one or more felonies is charged and one thousand dollars in a case in which only misdemeanors are charged. Compensation must be paid from funds available to the Office of Indigent Defense for the defense of indigents represented by court-appointed, private counsel. The same basis must be employed to determine the value of services provided by the office of the public defender for purposes of Section 17-3-40.  (B) Upon a finding in ex parte proceedings that investigative, expert, or other services are reasonably necessary for the representation of the defendant, the court shall authorize the defendant's attorney to obtain such services on behalf of the defendant and shall order the payment, from funds available to the Office of Indigent Defense, of fees and expenses not to exceed five hundred dollars as the court considers appropriate.  (C) Payment in excess of the hourly rates and limits in subsection (A) or (B) is authorized only if the court certifies, in a written order with specific findings of fact, that payment in excess of the rates is necessary to provide compensation adequate to ensure effective assistance of counsel and payment in excess of the limit is appropriate because the services provided were reasonably and necessarily incurred.  (D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the provisions of Section 17-3-10 concerning those defendants who are entitled to legal representation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-284; 1969 (56) 374; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 45F; 2007 Act No. 108, Section 5, eff June 21, 2007.
SC Code § 17-3-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 17 - Criminal Procedures|Chapter 3 - Defense Of Indigents|Section 17-3-55. Carry-forward of unpaid obligations.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission on Indigent Defense is authorized to carry forward unpaid obligations incurred and received for payment in one fiscal year and to pay, to the extent possible, these obligations from funds appropriated in the next year's budget.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 23H, eff July 1, 2009.