(A) The compacting states hereby create the " Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision". The Interstate Commission shall be a body corporate and joint agency of the compacting states. The Interstate Commission shall have all the responsibilities, powers, and duties contained in this article, including the power to sue and be sued, and any additional powers as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective legislatures of the compacting states in accordance with the terms of this compact.
(B)(1) The Interstate Commission shall consist of commissioners selected and appointed by the compacting states. The Governor shall appoint as commissioner from the State of South Carolina the Director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, or his designee. The commissioner, acting jointly with similar officers appointed in other states, shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectively carry out the terms of this compact.
(2) The Director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, or his designee, must serve as Compact Administrator for the State of South Carolina.
(3) The Director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services must establish a state council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision. The membership of the state council must include at least one representative from the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government, victims groups, and compact administrators. The state council shall act as an advisory body to the commissioner regarding the activities of the state's interstate compact office, engage in advocacy activities concerning the state's participation in interstate commission activities, and perform other duties determined by the commissioner.
(C) In addition to the commissioners who are the voting representatives of each state, the Interstate Commission shall include individuals who are not commissioners but who are members of interested organizations. The noncommissioner members must include a member of the National Organization of Governors, legislators, state chief justices, attorneys general, and crime victims. All noncommissioner members of the Interstate Commission shall be ex-officio nonvoting members. The Interstate Commission may provide in its by-laws for additional ex-officio nonvoting members as it considers necessary.
(D) Each compacting state represented at any meeting of the Interstate Commission is entitled to one vote. A majority of the compacting states shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a larger quorum is required by the by-laws of the Interstate Commission.
(E) The Interstate Commission shall meet at least once each calendar year. The chairperson may call additional meetings and, upon the request of twenty-seven or more compacting states, shall call additional meetings. Public notice shall be given of all meetings and meetings shall be open to the public.
(F) The Interstate Commission shall establish an Executive Committee which shall include commission officers, members, and others as shall be determined by the by-laws. The Executive Committee shall have the power to act on behalf of the Interstate Commission during periods when the Interstate Commission is not in session, with the exception of making rules and amendments to the compact. The Executive Committee shall oversee the day-to-day activities managed by the Executive Director and Interstate Commission staff. It shall administer enforcement and compliance with the provisions of the compact, its by-laws, and as directed by the Interstate Commission and perform other duties as directed by the commission or set forth in the by-laws.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 273, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons
Chapter 21 - Probation, Parole And Pardon
Section 24-21-11. Removal of director or member.
Section 24-21-12. Compensation of board members.
Section 24-21-30. Meetings; parole and pardon panels.
Section 24-21-32. Reentry supervision; revocation.
Section 24-21-35. Administrative recommendations available to victim prior to parole hearing.
Section 24-21-40. Record of proceedings.
Section 24-21-50. Hearings, arguments, and appearances by counsel or individuals.
Section 24-21-55. Hearing fee.
Section 24-21-60. Cooperation of public agencies and officials; surveys.
Section 24-21-70. Records of prisoners.
Section 24-21-85. Electronic monitoring fees.
Section 24-21-87. Extradition and maintenance polygraph fees.
Section 24-21-90. Account and receipt for fee payments; deposit of funds.
Section 24-21-100. Administrative monitoring when fines outstanding; fee.
Section 24-21-110. Administrative sanctions.
Section 24-21-220. Powers and duties of director.
Section 24-21-221. Notice of hearing to consider parole; to whom required.
Section 24-21-235. Issuance of duty clothing to department employees.
Section 24-21-237. Employee meals.
Section 24-21-240. Oath of probation agents.
Section 24-21-250. Pay and expenses of probation agents.
Section 24-21-260. Probation agents' assignment locations.
Section 24-21-270. Offices for probation agents.
Section 24-21-280. Duties and powers of probation agents; authority to enforce criminal laws.
Section 24-21-290. Information received by probation agents privileged.
Section 24-21-410. Power to suspend sentence and impose probation; exceptions; search and seizure.
Section 24-21-420. Report of probation agent on offense and defendant.
Section 24-21-430. Conditions of probation.
Section 24-21-440. Period of probation.
Section 24-21-450. Arrest for violation of terms of probation; bond.
Section 24-21-460. Action of court in case of violation of terms of probation.
Section 24-21-480. Restitution Center program; distribution of offenders' salaries.
Section 24-21-490. Collection and distribution of restitution.
Section 24-21-510. Development and operation of system; basic elements.
Section 24-21-540. Community Control Centers for higher risk offenders; guidelines for placement.
Section 24-21-550. Probation terms involving fines, costs, assessments, or restitution.
Section 24-21-610. Eligibility for parole.
Section 24-21-635. Earned work credits.
Section 24-21-650. Order of parole.
Section 24-21-660. Effect of parole.
Section 24-21-670. Term of parole.
Section 24-21-680. Violation of parole.
Section 24-21-690. Release after service of full time less good conduct deduction.
Section 24-21-700. Special parole of persons needing psychiatric care.
Section 24-21-715. Parole for terminally ill, geriatric, or permanently disabled inmates.
Section 24-21-920. Clemency in other cases.
Section 24-21-930. Order of pardon.
Section 24-21-940. Definitions.
Section 24-21-950. Guidelines for determining eligibility for pardon.
Section 24-21-960. Pardon application fee; re-application after denial.
Section 24-21-970. Pardon considered in cases of terminal illness.
Section 24-21-980. Pardon obtained through fraud.
Section 24-21-990. Civil rights restored upon pardon.
Section 24-21-1000. Certificate of pardon.
Section 24-21-1100. Short title.
Section 24-21-1110. Definitions.
Section 24-21-1140. Adoption of by-laws.
Section 24-21-1160. Promulgation of rules and amendments; emergency rules.
Section 24-21-1190. Compact membership eligibility; effective date; amendments.
Section 24-21-1210. Severability.
Section 24-21-1220. Construction and application.
Section 24-21-1300. Definitions.
Section 24-21-1310. Development and operation; inmate eligibility.
Section 24-21-1320. Conditions of placement; removal.
Section 24-21-1330. Pilot project day reporting center program; termination.