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H. 3569 -- Reps. Rice, Phillips, Neilson, Robinson, Vaughn, Huff, Mason and Easterday: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 64 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS.
Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works.
H. 3570 -- Reps. Knotts, Wright, Davenport, Bailey and Riser: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 61-3-435 SO AS TO MAKE AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RETAIL DEALER'S LICENSE
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry.
H. 3571 -- Rep. Littlejohn: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 12-43-305, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES UNDER APPEAL AND INTEREST ON UNDERPAYMENTS AND OVERPAYMENTS, SO AS TO REDUCE THE MONTHLY INTEREST RATE ON OVERPAYMENTS AND UNDERPAYMENTS FROM ONE PERCENT A MONTH TO SIXTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS OF A PERCENT A MONTH AND TO AUTHORIZE A TAXPAYER DUE A REFUND TO WAIVE THE RECEIPT OF INTEREST.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
H. 3572 -- Reps. Littlejohn, Trotter, Tripp, Haskins, Vaughn, Fair, Seithel, S. Whipper, Moody-Lawrence, Harrison, Delleney, Stuart, A. Young, Fleming, Hutson, G. Brown, H. Brown, Cave, Wilder, Richardson, White, Meacham, Lloyd, Cotty, Neilson, Kennedy, Jaskwhich, Hines, Bailey, Simrill, Walker, Wofford, Phillips, Stille, Shissias, Kelley, Sandifer, Inabinett, Limehouse, Huff, Anderson,
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
H. 3573 -- Rep. Klauber: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 31-3-50 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY MAY OBTAIN DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND TAXATION AND THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION TO VERIFY A PERSON'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM AND TO PROVIDE THE METHOD OF MAKING AND RESPONDING TO THESE REQUESTS; AND TO AMEND SECTIONS 12-54-240, AS AMENDED, AND 41-29-170 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND TAXATION AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION TO DISCLOSE OFFICIAL INFORMATION, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE DISCLOSURE TO A PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND PROVIDE FOR THE DISCLOSURE OF AN APPLICANT'S CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYERS.
Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs.
The SPEAKER granted Rep. BAILEY a temporary leave of absence for the remainder of the day to attend a meeting at DHEC.
Debate was resumed on the following Bill, the pending question being the consideration of Amendment No. 1, Rep. CROMER having the floor.
H. 3338 -- Reps. Jennings, Cobb-Hunter, Kennedy and Neal: A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE 13, CHAPTER 13, TITLE 8 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CAMPAIGN PRACTICES, BY ADDING SECTION 8-13-1315 SO AS TO PROVIDE
The Judiciary Committee proposed the following Amendment No. 1 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\PT\1705DW.95), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Page 2, Line 11, by striking Section 8-13-1315(A) and inserting:
/(A) A candidate, committee, campaign worker, or political party official may not, directly or indirectly, give, transfer, offer, or promise anything of value to an election official in order to seek to affect the outcome of the election. An election official may not, directly or indirectly, ask, demand, exact, solicit, seek, accept, receive, or agree to
Amend the bill further, Page 3, Line 35, in Section 8-13-1300(10)(B), by inserting after /appointed/ /where the election official has jurisdiction over any election in which the candidate, committee, campaign worker, or political party official is a candidate or seeks to affect the outcome of any election./
When amended, Section 8-13-1300(10)(B) shall read:
/(B) `Election official' means a member or employee of a municipal, county, or state election commission, whether elected or appointed; a member or employee of a county voter registration board, whether elected or appointed; a member or employee of a combined election commission and voter registration board, whether elected or appointed; a member or employee of a municipal, county, or state party executive committee, whether elected or appointed; and a municipal, county, or state poll manager or poll worker, whether elected or appointed where the election official has jurisdiction over any election in which the candidate, committee, campaign worker, or political party official is a candidate or seeks to affect the outcome of any election/.
Amend the bill further, Page 3, by striking Lines 40 through 42, and Page 4, Lines 1 and 2 and inserting:
/(30) `Transfer' means the movement or exchange of funds or anything of value between committees and candidates, or between a candidate, committee, campaign worker, or political party official and an election official, except the disposition of surplus funds or material assets by a candidate to a party committee, as provided in this article./
Amend the bill further, Page 4, by inserting immediately after Line 23:
/(2) Any campaign worker or other individual who shall receive a payment which is intended for further transfer to election-day workers or other ultimate payees shall make such further payments by check only payable to the ultimate payee, and the payment may not be made in currency, and such payments shall be documented as provided in subsection (4) below./
Amend the bill further, Page 4, Line 24, by striking /(2)/ and inserting /(3)/.
Amend the bill further, Page 4, Line 34, by striking /(3)/ and inserting /(4)/.
Amend the bill further, Page 4, by inserting immediately after Line 40
/(5)/:
When amended, Section 8-13-1348(C) as contained in SECTION 5 shall read:
/(C)(1) An expenditure of more than twenty-five dollars must be made by a written instrument drawn upon the campaign account containing the name of the candidate or committee and the name of the recipient. Expenditures of twenty-five dollars or less that are not made by a written instrument containing the name of the candidate or committee and the name of the recipient must be accounted for by a written receipt or written record. Any payment to any individual which is related to efforts by or on behalf of a candidate, committee, public official, or political party in aid of or to promote the candidacy of an individual for nomination for election or for election to elective public office or the passage or defeat of a public question, or to efforts directly to promote or encourage the participation of voters in an election including, but not limited to, payments made to campaign workers and payments to other individuals which are intended for further transfer to election-day workers or other ultimate payees, must be made by check payable to the named individual, and the payment may not be made in currency.
(2) Any campaign worker or other individual who shall receive a
payment which is intended for further transfer to election-day workers or other
ultimate payees shall make such further payments by check only payable to the
ultimate payee, and the payment may not be made in currency, and such payments
shall be documented as provided in subsection (4) below.
(3) Any payment to a candidate, committee, public official, political
party, or to any other person, association or group, by a candidate or committee
or by any other person, association or group, which payment is related to
efforts in aid of or to promote the candidacy of an individual for nomination
for election or for election to elective public office or the
(4) When funds are paid to an individual recipient from a campaign account under the provisions of this subsection, all funds expended by this individual must be documented as to the specific goods and services obtained. This documentation must be maintained and included in campaign reports. A candidate is deemed to have violated Sections 7-25-50 and 7-25-60 (bribery at elections) if he does not comply with the provisions of this subsection.
(5) Whenever any individual, partnership, association, or corporation provides to any candidate, campaign, or political party services, materials, facilities, or other things of value for which that individual, partnership, association, or corporation normally receives compensation and receives no compensation or compensation which is less than the fair market value of those services, materials, facilities, or other things of value, all such services, materials, facilities, or other things of value, with both their actual costs to the candidate, campaign, or political party and their fair market value must be documented. This documentation must be maintained and included in campaign reports. A candidate is deemed to have violated Section 7-25-50 and 7-25-60 (bribery at election) if he does not comply with the provisions of this section./
Amend the bill further, Page 5, by striking Section 8-13-1348(D) and inserting:
/(D) (1) An expenditure may not be made that is clearly in excess of the fair market value of services, materials, facilities, or other things of value received in exchange.
(2) No candidate or duly authorized officer or committee may pay any person for transporting electors to polling places any amount other than reimbursement for actual costs and expenses of operating the vehicle, which amount may not exceed that mileage allowed by law for members of state boards and commissions.
(3) No candidate or duly authorized officer or committee may pay and no person may receive in payment for transporting electors to polling places any amount from any candidates or duly authorized officers or committees which payments alone or when aggregated for any election day would exceed the amount paid official poll managers by the State Election
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CROMER continued speaking.
Rep. PHILLIPS moved to reconsider the vote whereby H. 3083 was given a third reading and the motion was noted.
Rep. CROMER continued speaking.
Rep. CROMER explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. CROMER explained the Bill.
Rep. ANDERSON objected to the Bill.
Rep. ANDERSON made the Point of Order that the Bill was improperly before the House for consideration since printed copies of the Bill have not been upon the desks of the members for one day.
The SPEAKER sustained the Point of Order.
The motion of Rep. PHILLIPS to reconsider the vote whereby the following Joint Resolution was given a third reading was taken up.
H. 3083 -- Reps. Cromer, Baxley, Witherspoon, Vaughn, Riser, Allison, Meacham, Bailey, Haskins, Cato, Kirsh, Shissias, Stuart, Marchbanks, Gamble, Simrill, Cotty, Wilder, Stille, Walker, Tripp, Fulmer, Keyserling, Tucker, Knotts, Elliott, Wells, Fleming, Kelley, Richardson, Sandifer, Mason, Robinson and Whatley: A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 7 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE STATE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 1, RELATING TO THE ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE OF ANY PERSON POPULARLY ELECTED TO ANY OFFICE OF THIS STATE OR THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THIS STATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON IS ELIGIBLE FOR THESE
Rep. CROMER moved to table the motion to reconsider and demanded the yeas and
nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Baxley Brown, H. Cain Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyburn Cooper Cotty Cromer Dantzler Davenport Easterday Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harvin Harwell Huff Hutson Keegan Kelley Keyserling Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McAbee McCraw McKay Meacham Neilson Phillips Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Shissias Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stille Stuart Tripp Trotter Tucker Vaughn Wells Whatley Wilder Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Breeland Brown, J. Brown, T. Canty Cave Fair Govan Herdklotz Howard Martin McElveen
McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Rhoad Sheheen Stoddard Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White
So, the motion to reconsider was tabled.
The following Bill was taken up.
H. 3106 -- Rep. Shissias: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-3005 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT UPON LICENSING, APPROVAL, OR REGISTRATION A CHILD DAY CARE FACILITY SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF CONFORMING WITH LOCAL ZONING ORDINANCES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-3020, RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUING A PROVISIONAL LICENSE, REGISTRATION, OR APPROVAL, SO AS TO DELETE AN OBSOLETE REFERENCE.
Rep. ROGERS made the Point of Order that the Bill was improperly before the House for consideration since printed copies of the Bill have not been upon the desks of the members for one day.
The SPEAKER sustained the Point of Order.
The following Bill was taken up.
H. 3189 -- Reps. P. Harris, Waldrop, Neilson, Baxley, J. Brown, Inabinett, Jennings, Kelley, Rhoad, Shissias and Wilkes: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-180, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELDERCARE TRUST FUND MONIES AND DISBURSEMENTS, SO AS TO MAKE ALL ASSETS OF THE FUND AVAILABLE FOR DISBURSEMENT AFTER ALLOWANCES FOR OPERATING EXPENSES RATHER THAN ONLY SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE FUNDS UNTIL FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ACCRUE; AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY ASSETS HELD IN THE FUND UNDER THE FORMER PROVISIONS
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