Current Status Bill Number:3422 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950131 Primary Sponsor:Rogers All Sponsors:Rogers Drafted Document Number:pt\1671dw.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Public official, lobbyist; ethics
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House 19950131 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-755, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON A FORMER PUBLIC OFFICIAL, FORMER PUBLIC MEMBER, OR FORMER PUBLIC EMPLOYEE SERVING AS A LOBBYIST OR ACCEPTING EMPLOYMENT IN THE FIELD OF FORMER SERVICE, SO AS TO INCREASE FROM ONE TO TWO YEARS THE PROHIBITION FROM SERVING AS A LOBBYIST OR ACCEPTING EMPLOYMENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 8-13-755 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 248 of 1991, is amended to read:
"Section 8-13-755. A former public official, former public member, or former public employee holding public office, membership, or employment on or after January 1, 1992, may not for a period of one year two years after terminating his public service or employment:
(1) serve as a lobbyist or represent clients before the agency or department on which he formerly served in a matter which he directly and substantially participated during his public service or employment; or
(2) accept employment if the employment:
(a) is from a person who is regulated by the agency or department on which the former public official, former public member, or former public employee served or was employed; and
(b) involves a matter in which the former public official, former public member, or former public employee directly and substantially participated during his public service or public employment."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 1996.