Current Status Bill Number:3516 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950207 Primary Sponsor:Harrison All Sponsors:Harrison Drafted Document Number:PT\1605DW.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Legislative ethics, resignation required when
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House 19950207 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-107 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2-1-100 A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHO OFFERS FOR ANY OFFICE FILLED BY AN ELECTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MUST EITHER RESIGN HIS SEAT OR WITHDRAW HIS APPLICATION FOR THE OFFICE WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE SCREENING COMMITTEE REPORT IN THE JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR IN THE JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER, AND TO PROVIDE THAT HIS FAILURE TO MAKE AN ELECTION WITHIN THE TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PERIOD IS DEEMED A WITHDRAWAL OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE OFFICE SOUGHT, PROHIBIT A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM SOLICITING THE VOTE OF ANOTHER MEMBER DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE NOTIFICATION TO THE CANDIDATE OF THE SCREENING COMMITTEE REPORT AND HIS DECISION TO EITHER SEEK THE OFFICE OR REMAIN IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND REPEAL SECTIONS 1-23-525 AND 58-3-24, RELATING TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEING PROHIBITED TO BE ELECTED TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE POSITION OR TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WHILE A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS AFTER HE CEASES TO BE A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 2-1-107. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2-1-100, a member of the General Assembly who offers for any office filled by election of the General Assembly must either resign his seat in the General Assembly or withdraw his application for the office within twenty-four hours of the publication of the screening committee report in the Journal of the House of Representatives or the Journal of the Senate, whichever is earlier. Failure to make an election within the twenty-four hour period is deemed a withdrawal of the application for the office sought. A member of the General Assembly is prohibited from soliciting the vote of another member for the office sought during the period between the notification to the candidate of the screening committee report and his decision to either seek the office or remain in the General Assembly."
SECTION 2. Sections 1-23-525 and 58-3-24 of the 1976 Code are repealed.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.