(A) Each circuit solicitor shall have the prosecutorial discretion as defined herein and shall as a matter of such prosecutorial discretion establish a pretrial intervention program in the respective circuits. (B) The circuit solicitors are specifically endowed with and shall retain all discretionary powers under the common law. (C) A pretrial intervention program shall be under the direct supervision and control of the circuit solicitor; however, he may contract for services with any agency desired. (D) The South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination shall oversee administrative procedures for the Circuit Solicitors' Pretrial Intervention Programs. HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 360, Section 4; 1992 Act No. 453, Section 1; 1992 Act No. 499, Section 1.
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