H 2048 General Bill, By T.A. Limehouse, J.M. Baxley, D. Blackwell, P.T. Bradley, H. Brown, R.B. Brown, J.H. Burriss, M.D. Burriss, H.H. Clyborne, Davenport, T. Ferguson, E.D. Foxworth, J.V. Gregory, Haskins, J.C. Hearn, T.E. Huff, Kirsh, J.W. McLeod, Russell, D.C. Waldrop, Washington and J.M. White
    A Bill to amend Section 30-4-50, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to matters declared public information for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, so as to include all funds received or expended by public bodies, including salaries, expenses, and other compensation if the salary exceeds twenty thousand dollars annually; to amend Section 30-4-40, relating to matters exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, so as to provide that salaries of employees at or below the level of twenty thousand dollars annually (rather than below the level of department head) may be exempt from disclosure and to provide that information relative to the identity of the maker of a gift to a public body may be exempt from disclosure if the maker specifies his anonymity as a condition of making the gift; and to amend Section 30-4-20, relating to definitions under the Freedom of Information Act, so as to delete from the definition of "public record" language authorizing a public body, by a certain vote, to conclude that the public interest is best served by not disclosing the records requested.

12/10/86	House	Prefiled
12/10/86	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/13/87	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-45
01/13/87	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-46
01/27/87	House	Tabled in committee