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2002 SESSION
SB 693 Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment.
Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment. Provides that each sheriff shall designate deputies for the purpose of ensuring that the courthouses and courtrooms within his jurisdiction are secure from violence and disruption. Additionally, the bill provides that any county or city may assess a sum not in excess of five dollars as part of the costs in each criminal or traffic case in its district or circuit court in which the defendant is convicted. The assessment shall be collected by the clerk of the court, remitted to the treasurer and held by the treasurer subject to appropriation by the governing body to the sheriff's office for the funding of courthouse security. The assessment provision shall expire on July 1, 2004.
FULL TEXT
- 03/08/02 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 024912536 pdf
- 03/14/02 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB693ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 03/08/02 Senate: Unanimous consent to introduce
- 03/08/02 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 024912536
- 03/08/02 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/08/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y -0-N)
- 03/08/02 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/02 Senate: Discharged from Courts of Justice
- 03/08/02 Senate: Taken up for immediate consideration
- 03/08/02 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 03/08/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/02 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/02 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 03/08/02 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 2-N)
- 03/08/02 Senate: Communicated to House
- 03/08/02 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/08/02 House: Read first time
- 03/08/02 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 03/08/02 House: Reported from M., P. & P. S. with amendments (16-Y 4-N)
- 03/08/02 House: Read second time
- 03/09/02 House: Read third time
- 03/09/02 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/09/02 House: Amendment by Del. Griffith agreed to
- 03/09/02 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/09/02 House: Passed House with amendments (75-Y 20-N)
- 03/09/02 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (75-Y 20-N)
- 03/09/02 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/02 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/14/02 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB693ER)
- 03/18/02 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/18/02 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/19/02 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/07/02 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 756 (effective 7/1/02)
- 04/08/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756)