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SC Code § 63-19-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-30. Other state agencies; preexisting obligations.

 (A) It is the duty of other state agencies providing financial assistance and other children's services related to the purposes of this chapter to cooperate with the department in carrying out its responsibilities to children and their families.  (B) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to relieve a state or local unit of government of any preexisting legal obligation to provide payments, services, or facilities.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-310. Department created.

 There is created the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-320. Director; removal of director; bond.

 (A) The Governor shall appoint a director of the department with the advice and consent of the Senate who shall possess qualifications necessary to manage the affairs of the department. If a vacancy occurs in the office when the Senate is not in session, the Governor may appoint a director to fill the vacancy until the Senate acts upon the appointment.  (B) The director is subject to removal by the Governor as provided for in Section 1-3-240.  (C) The director must execute a good and sufficient bond payable to the State in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the director's office and the accurate accounting for all monies and property coming into the director's hands. The bond must be executed by a surety company authorized to do business under the laws of this State, and the premium on the bond must be paid by the State out of the department's appropriations.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-330. Policy-setting responsibilities of director; executive responsibilities of director.

 (A) The director is the chief executive officer of the department. The director may appoint and employ officers and employees necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of the department and shall ensure that the department's organizational structure differentiates between separate divisions, the community-based services and institutional services of the department.  (B) The director is vested with the exclusive responsibility for policy of the department to carry out the responsibilities, duties, and privileges provided for in this chapter.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-340. Annual report.

 An annual report of the department must be prepared by the director which shall include an account of all funds received and expended, persons served by the department including a report of the state and condition of the correctional institutions, and community programs operated by the department.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-370. Interdepartmental agreements; retention of grant revenues.

 The department may enter into agreements with the governing bodies of other state departments or institutions for the purpose of effecting a more efficient and economical management of any institution or program under its supervision. The department is authorized to make contracts and expend public funds as required to carry out the functions prescribed for it in this chapter within the limits of appropriated funds.  All revenues generated from United States Department of Agriculture grants, the Education Finance Act, the Detention Center, and Medicaid federal funding may be retained, carried forward, and expended by the Department of Juvenile Justice, in accordance with applicable regulations, for the costs associated with related programs.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 28A.
SC Code § 63-19-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-390. Peace officers and constables.

 Juvenile correctional employees of the department, while performing their officially assigned duties relating to the custody, control, transportation, or recapture of a juvenile offender within the jurisdiction of the department, and other employees of the department authorized by the director to perform similar functions as part of their official duties, have the status of peace officers anywhere in this State in a matter relating to the custody, control, transportation, or recapture of the juvenile. Employees of the department's Division of Public Safety, on proper training and certification from the Criminal Justice Academy and after having taken the oath of office prescribed by law and the Constitution of this State, must continue to be commissioned as state constables pursuant to Section 23-1-60.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-400. Gifts.

 The department may accept gifts, donations, or contributions and may receive devises and bequests. These acquisitions must be used for the purposes specified by the donors.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-410. Fees.

 (A) The department may charge and collect fees for evaluation and treatment services provided for a person referred or temporarily committed to its facilities either at the evaluation center in Columbia or any center or other facility of the department. Fees may be charged to a parent or guardian or to the public or private agency responsible for the temporary commitment or referral. In cases where insurance coverage is available, fees of treatment or evaluation may be charged to the insurer. No fees may be charged to a person who is finally committed to a custodial facility of the department, and no person may be denied treatment or evaluation services because of inability to pay for the services.  (B) The director shall approve and periodically review, a schedule of maximum charges for the services of the department, including residential care. The department shall adopt procedures to determine ability to pay and may authorize its designees to reduce or waive charges based upon their findings. No charge for services rendered by the department may exceed the actual cost of the services at the facility rendering the services.  (C) The department shall establish a hearing and review procedure so that parents or legal guardians of a person under the department's jurisdiction may appeal charges made for services or may present to the departmental officials information or evidence which, in their opinion, needs to be considered in establishing charges.  (D) The department may utilize all legal procedures to collect lawful claims. All funds collected pursuant to this section must be deposited with the State Treasurer for use of the department in defraying the cost of services for which the fees may be collected.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-420. Natural resource sales.

 The director is authorized to sell mature trees, other timber, and farm products and commodities from lands owned by the department. Before the sale of timber, the director shall consult with the State Forester to determine the economic feasibility of and obtain approval for the sales. Funds derived from the sales must be credited to the account of the department to be used for capital improvements subject to the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 63-19-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-430. Bumper sticker sales.

 The department may print or purchase for resale bumper stickers and other informational material prepared to publicize and educate the public concerning activities of the department. All these materials must have "South Carolina" inscribed on the material. After the costs of the materials have been recovered, all proceeds from the sale of the materials must be deposited in the student welfare fund of the department and used for the purposes prescribed for that fund.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-440. Goldsmith Center.

 The department's reception and evaluation center located in Columbia is designated "The William J. Goldsmith Reception and Evaluation Center".  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-460. Voluntary participation in program.

 (A) A juvenile may participate in the Youth Industries Program established pursuant to Section 63-19-450 only on a voluntary basis and only after the juvenile has been informed of the conditions of the employment.  (B) A juvenile participating in the Youth Industries Program:  (1) providing services to private industry must be compensated commensurate with the prevailing wage for work of a similar nature in the private sector;  (2) is not considered an employee of the State and is not eligible for unemployment compensation upon termination from the program; however, a juvenile is entitled to all other work benefits, including worker's compensation or its equivalent.  (C) The wages of a juvenile authorized to work in the Youth Industries Program, if paid other than by the department, must be paid directly to the Department of Juvenile Justice and credited to the juvenile's account. If the wages are paid by an entity other than the department, these wages must be paid directly to the department, and the department shall credit the wages to the juvenile's account. The director must deduct from wages paid to a juvenile:  (1) state, federal, and local taxes;  (2) allocations for support of children pursuant to law, court order, or agreement by the committed juvenile; and  (3) contributions to any fund established by law to compensate the victims of crime of not more than twenty percent and not less than five percent of gross wages.  These deductions may not exceed eighty percent of gross wages.  (D) Juvenile participation in the Youth Industries Program must not result in the displacement of employed workers in the State and must not impair existing contracts.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-470. Sale of goods prohibited.

 It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale on the open market of this State goods, wares, or merchandise manufactured or produced wholly or in part by juvenile offenders in this or another state. However, this subsection does not apply to:  (1) articles produced by juveniles on parole or probation or in community supervision;  (2) products sold by the Department of Juvenile Justice made by juveniles in its arts and crafts programs;  (3) articles or products sold to nonprofit corporations incorporated under Article 1, Chapter 31, Title 33 or to organizations operating in this State which have been granted an exemption under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;  (4) articles or products made in the Youth Industries Program pursuant to Section 63-19-450, through contracts with private sector businesses which provide work and vocational training opportunities for juvenile offenders with physical or mental disabilities or who are persons with intellectual disability if the compensation is paid by the private sector business to the juvenile offender on a piece rate basis;  (5) products sold intrastate or interstate produced by juveniles employed in the Youth Industries Program;  (6) services provided by juveniles in the Youth Industries Program including, but not limited to, restoration and reconditioning activities, the packaging and handling of goods, wares, or merchandise, or the dismantling and reassembling of products.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.  Code Commissioner's Note  Pursuant to 2011 Act No. 47, Section 14(B), the Code Commissioner substituted "intellectual disability" for "mentally retarded" and "person with intellectual disability" or "persons with intellectual disability" for "mentally retarded".
SC Code § 63-19-480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-480. Compensation of victims of crime fund.

 There is created a fund within the Department of Juvenile Justice for the compensation of victims of crime. All contributions deducted from a juvenile's wages pursuant to Section 63-19-450(E)(3) or 63-19-460(C)(3) must be deposited into this fund. Of the amount contributed to the fund by each juvenile, ninety-five percent must be paid by the department on behalf of the juvenile as restitution to the victim or victims of the juvenile's adjudicated crime as ordered by the family court or the releasing entity, and five percent must be submitted to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund. If the amount of restitution ordered has been paid in full or if there is no victim of the juvenile's adjudicated crime, the juvenile's contributions must be submitted to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 11, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 11, substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund" for "South Carolina Victims' Compensation Fund" twice.
SC Code § 63-19-490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-490. Authority to promulgate regulations.

 The Department of Juvenile Justice in consultation with this state's regulatory agencies may promulgate regulations which are necessary to implement Sections 63-19-450 and 63-19-460.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-610. Board.

 (A)(1) There is created the Board of Juvenile Parole. The parole board is composed of seven members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. In making these appointments, the Governor shall select members who are representative of the racial, gender, and geographical diversity of the State. If a vacancy occurs on the parole board when the Senate is not in session, the Governor may appoint a member to fill the vacancy and the appointee is a de facto member until the Senate acts upon the appointment.  (2) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall continue to provide to the Board of Juvenile Parole the budgetary, fiscal, personnel, and training information resources and other support considered necessary by the parole board to perform its mandated functions.  (B) Members of the parole board shall serve four-year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualify and these terms expire on June thirtieth of the appropriate year.  (C) No member may be reappointed to the parole board until two years after the expiration of a full four-year term.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2012 Act No. 279, Section 31, eff June 26, 2012.  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 279, Section 33, provides as follows:  "Due to the congressional redistricting, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires. Further, the inability to hold an election or to make an appointment due to judicial review of the congressional districts does not constitute a vacancy."  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment rewrote subsection (A).
SC Code § 63-19-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-620. Removal of member.

 A member of the parole board is subject to removal by the Governor as provided for in Section 1-3-240(C).  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-630. Officers; rules and procedures.

 The parole board shall elect from among its members a chairman who shall serve a one-year term and who may not succeed himself as chairman. The parole board may elect a vice-chairman and secretary and shall fix the time and place of meetings. Rules and procedures for parole board meetings, as considered advisable, must be adopted by the parole board. Six members of the parole board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-640. Compensation.

 The members of the parole board must be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in attending parole board meetings and shall receive as compensation the same per diem as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-650. Compensation.

 Members of the Board of Juvenile Parole shall receive compensation in an amount provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 246, Section 1, eff June 18, 2012.
SC Code § 63-19-830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-830. Detention hearings; screenings.

 (A) If the officer who took the child into custody has not released the child to the custody the child's parents or other responsible adult, the court shall hold a detention hearing within forty-eight hours from the time the child was taken into custody, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. At this hearing, the authorized representative of the department shall submit to the court a report stating the facts surrounding the case and a recommendation as to the child's continued detention pending the adjudicatory and dispositional hearings. The court shall appoint counsel for the child if none is retained. No child may proceed without counsel in this hearing, unless the child waives the right to counsel and then only after consulting at least once with an attorney. At the conclusion of this hearing, the court shall determine whether probable cause exists to justify the detention of the child and the appropriateness of, and need for, the child's continued detention. If continued detention of a juvenile is considered appropriate by the court and if a juvenile detention facility exists in that county which meets state and federal requirements for the secure detention of juveniles or if that facility exists in another county with which the committing county has a contract for the secure detention of its juveniles and if commitment of a juvenile by the court to that facility does not cause the facility to exceed its design and operational capacity, the family court shall order the detention of the juvenile in that facility. A juvenile must not be detained in secure confinement in excess of ninety days except in exceptional circumstances as determined by the court. A detained juvenile is entitled to further and periodic review:  (1) within ten days following the juvenile's initial detention hearing;  (2) within thirty days following the ten-day hearing; and  (3) at any other time for good cause shown upon motion of the child, the State, or the department.  If the child does not qualify for detention or otherwise require continued detention under the terms of Section 63-19-820(A) or (B), the child must be released to a parent, guardian, or other responsible person.  (B) A juvenile ordered detained in a facility must be screened within twenty-four hours by a social worker or if considered appropriate by a psychologist in order to determine whether the juvenile is emotionally disturbed, mentally ill, or otherwise in need of services. The services must be provided immediately.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.
SC Code § 63-19-840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code|Chapter 19 - Juvenile Justice Code|Section 63-19-840. Detention homes; temporary care and custody.

 Provisions must be made for a detention home or homes for the temporary detention of children to be conducted by the court or, subject to the approval and supervision of the court, by an appropriate public agency; or the court may arrange for the use of private homes for detention, subject to the supervision of the court or other agency, or may arrange with an institution or agency to receive for temporary care and custody children within the jurisdiction of the court.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.