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S.C. Code Ann. § 24-5-220

Mutual aid and assistance agreements

Known as the Local Detention Facility Mutual Aid and Assistance Act

The act spans §§ 24–24 (4 sections).

2010 Act No. 237, SECTION 93, eff June 11, 2010.

(A) Mutual aid and assistance agreements may include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) statement of the services to be provided;

(2) arrangements for the use of equipment and facilities;

(3) records to be maintained on behalf of the receiving local detention facility;

(4) authority of the providing facility manager to maintain control over the receiving local detention facility's inmates or other personnel;

(5) terms of financial agreements between the parties;

(6) duration, modification, and termination of the agreement; and

(7) legal contingencies for any lawsuits or the payment of damages that arise from the provided services.

(B) Nothing in this article requires a local detention facility to have a written mutual aid and assistance agreement, nor does it preclude mutual aid to take place absent a written agreement in the case of an emergency.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.