(A) The South Carolina Court Administration is authorized to establish and determine the number of contact hours to be completed in a continuing education program of two years available to a magistrate who has successfully completed the certification examination. The program must provide extensive instruction in civil and criminal procedures and must encourage magistrates to develop contacts and resources of information in conjunction with their instructors and fellow magistrates.
(B) The program shall be administered through the state's technical college system and may be used to facilitate continuing legal education opportunities for all magistrates. The technical college system may assess a reasonable fee for each participant in the program in order to pay for the program's expenses.
(C) The funding for this program shall be provided from fees and costs collected by magistrates or magistrates' courts and deposited in the general fund of the county.
(D) Subsections (A) and (B) are effective July 1, 2001; however, the planning and development of this program shall begin on or after July 1, 2000, and the effective date for subsections (C) and (D) is July 1, 2000.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 226, Section 7.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 22 - Magistrates and Constables
Chapter 1 - Magistrates Generally
Section 22-1-15. Magistrates presently serving.
Section 22-1-16. Trial observation requirement for new magistrates who are not attorneys.
Section 22-1-17. Continuing education.
Section 22-1-25. Mandatory retirement age.
Section 22-1-30. Suspension, removal or non-reappointment.
Section 22-1-40. Appearance as attorney in case once before magistrate.
Section 22-1-50. Administering oaths; taking renunciations of dower.
Section 22-1-60. Issuance of receipts for moneys collected.
Section 22-1-70. Disposition of fines and penalties imposed and collected in criminal cases.
Section 22-1-80. Books required and disposition thereof in case of death, resignation and the like.
Section 22-1-90. Monthly reports of moneys collected; treasurer's record.
Section 22-1-100. Monthly report of criminal cases in counties with cities of 50,000 and over.
Section 22-1-110. Submission of dockets to governing bodies of counties.
Section 22-1-120. Exhibit of original papers required with bills of costs.
Section 22-1-130. Records of books delivered to magistrates by court clerks.
Section 22-1-150. Bond required of magistrates.
Section 22-1-160. Bond required of magistrates' employees.
Section 22-1-170. Attorney's fees awards.
Section 22-1-200. Magistrates shall report disposition of each criminal case.