§ 17-22-40 — Pretrial intervention coordinator; staff; funding.

There is established the office of Pretrial Intervention Coordinator whose responsibility is to assist the solicitor in each judicial circuit in establishing and maintaining a pretrial intervention program. The office of Pretrial Intervention Coordinator must be within the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination. The coordinator and such staff as is necessary to assist in the implementation of the provisions of this article must be employed by the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination. The office of the coordinator must be funded by an appropriation to the Commission on Prosecution Coordination in the state general appropriation act.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 360, SECTION 5; 1982 Act No. 421, SECTION 7; 1992 Act No. 453, SECTION 2; 1992 Act No. 499, SECTION 2.