A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 1722910, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR THE EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR EXPUNGEMENT OF OFFENSES SUBSEQUENTLY REPEALED WHEN THE ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE ARE CONSISTENT WITH AN EXISTING SIMILAR OFFENSE WHICH IS SUBJECT TO EXPUNGEMENT, AND CLARIFY THAT EXPUNGEMENT PROVISIONS APPLY RETROACTIVELY TO THE OFFENSES DELINEATED. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Section 1722910 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 22 of 2015, is further amended to read: (A) Applications for expungement of all “Section 1722910. criminal records must be administered by the office in solicitor’s each circuit in the State as authorized pursuant to: (1) Section 341190(e), first offense misdemeanor fraudulent check; (2) Section 4453450(b), conditional discharge; (3) Section 225910, first offense conviction in magistrates court; (4) Section 225920, youthful offender act; (5) Section 565750(f), first offense failure to stop when signaled by a law enforcement vehicle; (6) Section 1722150(a), pretrial intervention; (7) Section 17140, criminal records destruction, except as provided in Section 1722950;
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 1722910, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR THE EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR EXPUNGEMENT OF OFFENSES SUBSEQUENTLY REPEALED WHEN THE ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE ARE CONSISTENT WITH AN EXISTING SIMILAR OFFENSE WHICH IS SUBJECT TO EXPUNGEMENT, AND CLARIFY THAT EXPUNGEMENT PROVISIONS APPLY RETROACTIVELY TO THE OFFENSES DELINEATED. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Section 1722910 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 22 of 2015, is further amended to read: “Section 1722910. (A) Applications for expungement of all criminal records must be administered by the solicitor’s office in each circuit in the State as authorized pursuant to: (1) Section 341190(e), first offense misdemeanor fraudulent check; (2) Section 4453450(b), conditional discharge; (3) Section 225910, first offense conviction in magistrates court; (4) Section 225920, youthful offender act; (5) Section 565750(f), first offense failure to stop when signaled by a law enforcement vehicle; (6) Section 1722150(a), pretrial intervention; (7) Section 17140, criminal records destruction, except as provided in Section 1722950;
3209_20161215.docx