South Carolina § 2-48-60 - Contract with local entity required for construction of facility; terms of contract.
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§ 2-48-60. Contract with local entity required for construction of facility; terms of contract.
Before the construction of a community correctional facility, as authorized pursuant to this chapter, the Department of Corrections shall establish a contract with the involved municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity by which the involved local governing body agrees to:
(1) operate and manage the community correctional facility in accordance with the Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities in South Carolina;
(2) provide for the treatment, care, maintenance, employment, and rehabilitation of inmates in the community correctional facility. The municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity may be reimbursed for the cost of caring for each state inmate as provided by contract. The contract also must:
(a) allow the governing body of the municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity to rescind the contract by notification of its intention to rescind the contract at the beginning of the fiscal year. The recision is effective beginning the following fiscal year;
(b) provide that upon recision, the operation and management of the facilities constructed pursuant to this chapter and the care of the state inmates located at that facility revert to the Department of Corrections;
(c) provide that all inmates under the jurisdiction of the municipality, county, other local governmental entity, or multi-jurisdictional entity who are incarcerated at that facility must be returned to the custody of their respective governmental entities.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, SECTION 39; 2001 Act No. 50, SECTION 3.
SECTION 2-48-70. Application of applicable zoning laws or regulations not preempted
This chapter does not preempt application of applicable zoning laws or regulations.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, SECTION 39.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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