South Carolina § 24-21-1300 - Definitions.

§ 24-21-1300. Definitions.

(A) The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services may develop and operate day reporting centers within the State.

(B) "Day reporting center" means a state facility providing supervision of inmates or offenders placed on supervision, which includes, but is not limited to, mandatory reporting, program participation, drug testing, community service, and any other conditions as determined by the Department of Corrections and the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.

(C) "Eligible inmate" means a person sentenced to imprisonment for more than three months, excluding a person sentenced for:

(1) a violent crime, as provided for in Section 16-1-60;

(2) a Class A, B, or C felony, as provided for in Section 16-1-20;

(3) the following Class D felonies:

(a) robbery, as provided for in Section 16-11-325;

(b) disseminating obscene material to a minor twelve years of age or younger, as provided for in Section 16-15-355; and

(c) aggravated stalking, as provided for in Section 16-3-1730(C);

(4) an unclassified crime which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of fifteen years or more, as provided for in Section 16-1-10(D);

(5) the unclassified crime of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in which the original indictment was for an offense that would require registration as a sex offender, as provided for in Section 23-3-430; or

(6) a crime which requires a registration as a sex offender, as provided for in Section 23-3-430. "Eligible inmate" does not include a person who does not provide an approved in-state residence as determined jointly by the Department of Corrections and the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.

(D) "Eligible offender" means a person placed on probation, parole, community supervision, or any other supervision program operated by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, excluding a person sentenced for:

(1) a violent crime, as provided for in Section 16-1-60;

(2) a Class A, B, or C felony, as provided for in Section 16-1-20;

(3) the following Class D felonies:

(a) robbery, as provided for in Section 16-11-325;

(b) disseminating obscene material to a minor twelve years of age or younger, as provided for in Section 16-15-355; and

(c) aggravated stalking, as provided for in Section 16-3-1730(C);

(4) an unclassified crime which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of fifteen years or more, as provided for in Section 16-1-10(D);

(5) the unclassified crime of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in which the original indictment was for an offense that would require registration as a sex offender, as provided for in Section 23-3-430; or

(6) a crime which requires a registration as a sex offender, as provided for in Section 23-3-430. "Eligible offender" does not include a person who does not provide an approved in-state residence as determined jointly by the Department of Corrections and the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 284, SECTION 1, eff June 11, 2008.

Editor's Note

2008 Act No. 284, SECTION 3, provides as follows:

"This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and must be implemented upon the appropriations of sufficient funds by the General Assembly."

2010 Act No. 273, SECTION 7.C, provides:

"Wherever in the 1976 Code of Laws reference is made to the common law offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, it means assault and battery with intent to kill, as contained in repealed Section 16-3-620, and, except for references in Section 16-1-60 and Section 17-25-45, wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to assault and battery with intent to kill, it means attempted murder as defined in Section 16-3-29."