Current Status Bill Number:471 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970304 Primary Sponsor:McConnell All Sponsors:McConnell, Ravenel, Rose, Passailaigue, Martin, Wilson, Ford, J. Verne Smith, Mescher, Giese, O'Dell, Lander, Cork, Setzler, Moore, Leatherman, Waldrep, McGill, Peeler, Rankin, Hutto, Glover, Gregory and Short Drafted Document Number:res1310.gfm Companion Bill Number:3503 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Campaign practices, committee definition, likeness of public official, report requirements, Ethics, Elections
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Senate 19970304 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
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TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-1300, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROVISIONS CONCERNING CAMPAIGN PRACTICES, SO AS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "COMMITTEE" TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE DEFINITION A CORPORATION, AND INCLUDE THE INFLUENCING OF THE OUTCOME OF MATTERS CONSIDERED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHEN THE LIKENESS, IMAGE, VOICE, OR ENDORSEMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL IS USED; AND TO REQUIRE THAT AFFECTED ENTITIES ARE SUBJECT TO THE REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS UNDER ARTICLE 13, CHAPTER 13, TITLE 8 FROM JULY 1, 1996, WHEN THE FIRST REPORT IS DUE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 8-13-1300(6) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(6) 'Committee' means an association, a corporation, a club, an organization, or a group of persons which, to influence the outcome of an elective office, or a ballot measure, or the outcome of matters considered by the General Assembly when the likeness, image, voice, or endorsement of a public official is used, receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle. It also means an individual who, to influence the outcome of an elective office or a ballot measure, makes contributions aggregating at least fifty thousand dollars during an election cycle to, or at the request of, a candidate or a committee, or a combination of them. 'Committee' includes a party committee, a legislative caucus committee, a noncandidate committee, a corporation, or a committee that is not a campaign committee for a candidate but that is organized for the purpose of influencing an election or the outcome of matters considered by the General Assembly when the likeness, image, voice, or endorsement of a public official is used."
SECTION 2. The amendment to Section 8-13-1300(6) of the 1976 Code in Section 1 of this act, is effective for those affected entities beginning July 1, 1996, for all reports and records required under the provisions of Article 13, Chapter 13, Title 8.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.