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SC Code § 16-3-1080 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1080. Committing or attempting to commit a violent crime while wearing body armor a felony.

 (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), a person who commits or attempts to commit a violent crime, as defined in Section 16-1-60, or threatens to commit a violent crime, as defined in Section 16-1-60, while wearing body armor is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both. A term of imprisonment imposed for violating this section may be served consecutively to any term of imprisonment imposed for the crime committed or attempted.  (B) Subsection (A) does not apply to:  (1) a peace officer of this State or another state, or of a local unit of government of this State or another state, or of the United States, while in the performance of his official duties; or  (2) a security officer while in the performance of his official duties.  (C) As used in this section:  (1) "Body armor" means clothing or a device designed or intended to protect a person's body or a portion of a person's body from injury caused by a firearm;  (2) "Security officer" means a person lawfully employed to protect another person or to protect the property of another person.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 100, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-3-1083 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1083. Death or injury of child in utero due to commission of violent crime.

 (A)(1) A person who commits a violent crime, as defined in Section 16-1-60, that causes the death of, or bodily injury to, a child who is in utero at the time that the violent crime was committed, is guilty of a separate offense under this section.  (2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the punishment for a separate offense, as provided for in subsection (A)(1), is the same as the punishment provided for that criminal offense had the death or bodily injury occurred to the unborn child's mother.  (b) Prosecution of an offense under this section does not require proof that:  (i) the person committing the violent offense had knowledge or should have had knowledge that the victim of the underlying offense was pregnant; or  (ii) the defendant intended to cause the death of, or bodily injury to, the unborn child.  (c) If the person engaging in the violent offense intentionally killed or attempted to kill the unborn child, that person must, instead of being punished under subsection (A)(2)(a), be punished for murder or attempted murder.  (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or any other provision of law, the death penalty must not be imposed for an offense prosecuted under this section.  (B) Nothing in this section may be construed to permit the prosecution under this section:  (1) of a person for conduct relating to an abortion for which the consent of the pregnant woman, or a person authorized by law to act on her behalf, has been obtained or for which such consent is implied by law;  (2) of a person for any medical treatment of the pregnant woman or her unborn child; or  (3) of a woman with respect to her unborn child.  (C) As used in this section, the term "unborn child" means a child in utero, and the term "child in utero" or " child who is in utero" means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any state of development, who is carried in the womb.  (D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to broaden or restrict any other rights currently existing for the child who is in utero.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 325, Section 2, eff June 2, 2006.  Editor's Note  2006 Act No. 325, Section 1, provides as follows:  "This act may be cited as the 'Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2006'."
SC Code § 16-3-1095 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1095. Creation of Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants; solicitation and administration of grants and awards.

 (A) The Department of Crime Victim Assistance Grants is created within the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division to administer the Victims of Crime Act grants, the Violence Against Women Act grants, and the State Victim's Assistance Program grants. The Director of the Crime Victim Services Division shall appoint a deputy director of the department.  (B) The deputy director shall establish a process to solicit and administer the disbursement of funds for Victims of Crime Act grants, the Violence Against Women Act grants, and the State Victim's Assistance Program grants available under Public Law 98-473 establishing the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA-I) established under Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1944, Public Law No. 103-322, 108 Stat. 1796 (September 13, 1994), and administer all other crime victim service funding as provided by law, including, but not limited to, the authority to solicit for federal formula or discretionary grant awards and foundation funding.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 8.A, eff July 1, 2017.
SC Code § 16-3-1130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1130. Claims; assignment to field representative; investigation and reports.

 (1) A claim, once accepted for filing and completed, must be assigned to a field representative. The field representative shall examine the papers filed in support of the claim and cause an investigation to be conducted into the validity of the claim. The investigation shall include but not be limited to an examination of police, court, and official records and reports concerning the crime and an examination of medical and hospital reports relating to the injury upon which the claim is based. All claims arising from the death of an individual as a direct result of a crime must be considered together by a single field representative.  (2) Claims must be investigated and determined, regardless of whether the alleged criminal has been apprehended, prosecuted, or convicted of any crime based upon the same incident or whether the alleged criminal has been acquitted or found not guilty of the crime in question.  (3) The field representative conducting the investigation shall file with the deputy director a written report setting forth a recommendation and his reason for the recommendation. The deputy director shall render a written decision and furnish the claimant with a copy of the decision.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 181, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-3-1140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1140. Application for review of decision; appeals; subpoenas; report on review.

 (A) The claimant may, within thirty days after receipt of the report of the decision of the deputy director, make an application in writing to the deputy director for review of the decision.  (B) Upon receipt of an application for review pursuant to subsection (A), the deputy director shall forward all relevant documents and information to the Chairman of the Crime Victim Advisory Board. The chairman shall appoint a three-member panel of the board which shall review the records and affirm or modify the decision of the deputy director; provided, that the chairman may order, in his discretion, that any particular case must be heard by the full board. If considered necessary by the board or its panel or if requested by the claimant, the board or its panel shall order a hearing prior to rendering a decision. At the hearing any relevant evidence, not legally privileged, is admissible. The board or its panel shall render a decision within ninety days after completion of the investigation. The action of the board or its panel is final and nonappealable. If the deputy director receives no application for review pursuant to subsection (A), his decision becomes the final decision of the Department of Crime Victim Compensation.  (C) The board or its panel, for purposes of this article, may subpoena witnesses, administer or cause to be administered oaths, and examine such parts of the books and records of the parties to proceedings as relate to questions in dispute.  (D) The deputy director shall within ten days after receipt of the board's or panel's final decision make a report to the claimant including a copy of the final decision and the reasons why the decision was made.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 5.C, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 5.C, made nonsubstantive changes throughout the section.
SC Code § 16-3-1150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1150. Emergency awards.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-3-1130, if it appears to the deputy director that the claim is one with respect to which an award probably will be made and undue hardship will result to the claimant, if immediate payment is not made, the deputy director may make one or more emergency awards to the claimant pending a final decision in the case, provided that:  (1) the amount of each emergency award shall not exceed five hundred dollars;  (2) the total amount of such emergency awards shall not exceed one thousand dollars;  (3) the amount of such emergency awards must be deducted from any final award made to the claimant; and  (4) the excess of the amount of any emergency award over the amount of the final award, or the full amount of any emergency award if no final award is made, must be repaid by the claimant to the Victim Compensation Fund as created by this article.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 1986 Act No. 540, Part II, Section 27A; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 5.D, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 5.D, made nonsubstantive changes throughout the section.
SC Code § 16-3-1170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1170. Basis for award.

 (A) No award may be made unless:  (1) a crime was committed;  (2) the crime directly resulted in physical or psychic trauma to the victim;  (3) the crime was promptly reported to the proper authority and recorded in police records; and  (4) the claimant or other award recipient has fully cooperated with all law enforcement agencies and with the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation.  (B) For the purposes of subsection (A)(3), a crime reported more than forty-eight hours after its occurrence is not "promptly reported", absent a showing of special circumstances or causes which justify the delay.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 405, Section 2; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 5.F, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 5.F, in (A)(4), substituted "Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation" for "South Carolina Victim's Compensation Fund"; and in (B), substituted "subsection (A)(3)" for "item (3) of subsection (A)".
SC Code § 16-3-1190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1190. Reduction of award.

 Any award made pursuant to this article may be reduced by or set off by the amount of any payments received or to be received as a result of the injury (a) from or on behalf of the person who committed the crime, (b) from any other private or public source, including an award of workers' compensation pursuant to the laws of this State or (c) as an emergency award pursuant to Section 16-3-1150; provided, that private sources shall not include contributions received from family members, or persons or private organizations making charitable donations to a victim.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-3-1200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1200. Conduct of victim or intervenor contributing to infliction of injury; reduction of award; rejection of claim.

 In determining the amount of an award, the Deputy Director, the Board, or its panel shall determine whether because of his conduct the victim or intervenor of such crime contributed to the infliction of his injury, and the Deputy Director, the Board, or its panel may reduce the amount of the award or reject the claim altogether in accordance with such determination; provided, however, the Deputy Director, the Board, or its panel may disregard for this purpose the contribution of an intervenor for his own injury or death where the record shows that the contribution was attributable to efforts by the intervenor as set forth in subsection (8) of Section 16-3-1110.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1.
SC Code § 16-3-1210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1210. Persons eligible for award.

 Except as provided in Section 16-3-1220, a victim, surviving spouse, or a parent or legally dependent child of a victim is entitled to file for benefits under this article if either:  (a) the offense was committed in this State; or  (b) the victim was a resident of this State when the crime was committed in either another state or outside the United States if the crime is terrorism. In either case the award payable under this article must be reduced by the amount paid or payable under the laws of another state as a result of the criminal act giving rise to the claim; or  (c) the victim was a resident of this State when the offense was committed in another state. In any case, the award payable under this article must be reduced by the amount paid or payable under the laws of another state as a result of the criminal act giving rise to the claim.  A surviving spouse, parent, or legally dependent child is not entitled to file for benefits under this section if that person is the subject of an investigation, has been charged with, convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to the offense in question, or acted on behalf of the suspect, juvenile offender, or defendant.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455 Section 2. 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 181, Section 2; 1997 Act No. 45, Section 2; 1997 Act No. 141, Section 2.
SC Code § 16-3-1220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1220. Persons ineligible for award.

 A person listed in Section 16-3-1210 is not eligible to recover under this article if the person:  (1) committed or aided in the commission of the crime upon which the claim is based or engaged in other unlawful activity which contributed to or aggravated the resulting injury;  (2) is the surviving parent, spouse, or dependent of a deceased victim who would have been barred by subsection (1) had he survived;  (3) is a dependent of the offender who committed the crime upon which the claim is based, and the offender would be a principal beneficiary of the award.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2. 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 181, Section 3; 1991 Act No. 144, Section 2; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 5.H, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 5.H, substituted "Section 16-3-1210" for "Section 16-3-1210(1)".
SC Code § 16-3-1230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1230. Claim filed on behalf of minor or incompetent; time limitations.

 (A) A claim may be filed by a person eligible to receive an award, as provided in Section 16-3-1210, or, if the person is an incompetent or a minor, by his parent or legal guardian or other individual authorized to administer his affairs.  (B) A claim must be filed by the claimant not later than one hundred eighty days after the latest of the following events:  (1) the occurrence of the crime upon which the claim is based;  (2) the death of the victim;  (3) the discovery by the law enforcement agency that the occurrence was the result of crime; or  (4) the manifestation of a mental or physical injury is diagnosed as a result of a crime committed against a minor.  (C) Upon good cause shown, the time for filing may be extended for a period not to exceed four years after the occurrence, diagnosed manifestation, or death. "Good cause" for the above purposes includes reliance upon advice of an official victim assistance specialist who either misinformed or neglected to inform a victim of rights and benefits of the Victim Compensation Fund but does not mean simply ignorance of the law.  (D) Claims must be filed in the Department of Crime Victim Compensation with input from the board by conventional mail, facsimile, in person, or through another electronic submission mechanism approved by the director. The director shall accept for filing all claims submitted by persons eligible pursuant to subsection (A) and meeting the requirements as to the form of the claim contained in the form developed by the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 181, Section 4; 2006 Act No. 380, Section 5, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 14, 2006); 2008 Act No. 271, Section 2, eff January 1, 2009; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 5.I, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 5.I, renumbered the section; in (C), substituted "Victim Compensation Fund" for "Victim's Compensation Fund"; and, in (D), substituted "Department of Crime Victim Compensation with input from the board" for "office of the director", "subsection (A)" for "subsection (1)", and "form developed by the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation" for "regulations of the board".
SC Code § 16-3-1240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1240. Disclosure of records as to claims; confidentiality; applicability of Freedom of Information Act.

 It is unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the fund, for any person to solicit, disclose, receive, or make use of or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of any list, or names of, or information concerning persons applying for or receiving awards pursuant to the provisions of this article without the written consent of the applicant or recipient. The records, papers, files, and communications of the board, its panel, and the director and his staff must be regarded as confidential information and privileged and not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act as contained in Chapter 4, Title 30.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 5.J, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 5.J, substituted "fund" for "victim's compensation program", "pursuant to the provisions of this article" for "hereunder", "Chapter 4, Title 30" for "Chapter 3 of Title 30", and made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 16-3-1250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1250. Subrogation of State to right of action accruing to claimant, victim, or intervenor.

 Payment of an award pursuant to this article subrogates the State to the extent of the payment to any right of action accruing to the claimant or to the victim or intervenor to recover losses resulting from the crime with respect to which the award is made, except that subrogation shall not reduce the financial recovery by the victim, claimant, or intervenor to less than one hundred percent of actual losses or expenses. The subrogation amount must be reduced if there is a jury award or judicial award in a bench trial, which results in a loss to the victim, claimant, or intervenor. Subrogation shall not be reduced if the action is terminated other than by a jury award or judicial award in a bench trial.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 51B.
SC Code § 16-3-1270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1270. Restitution by offender; lien against offender; filing of lien.

 If a person is unable at the time of sentencing or at any other time the court may set to pay a restitution charge imposed by the court pursuant to Sections 24-23-210 through 24-23-230, such restitution charge shall constitute a lien against the offender and against any real or personal property of the offender. A restitution charge shall not constitute a lien if it is waived by the Director pursuant to Section 24-23-210. Such lien may be filed by the Attorney General in the respective offices of the clerks of court and registers of deeds of this State in the same manner state tax liens are filed and may be enforced and collected by the Attorney General in the same manner state tax liens are enforced and collected.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 34, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Section 24-23-210 was repealed by 1994 Act No. 497, Part II Section 36.U, and section 24-23-220 was repealed by 1996 Act No. 292, Section 6.
SC Code § 16-3-1280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 3 - Offenses Against The Person|Section 16-3-1280. False claim; penalties.

 Any person who knowingly makes a false claim or a false statement in connection with any claim hereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars or by a term of imprisonment for not less than one year, or both, and shall further forfeit all money received hereunder, if any.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 455, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 489, Section 1.