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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.63 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20010110 Primary Sponsor:Mescher All Sponsors:Mescher, Grooms, McGill, Richardson, Elliott, Reese, Branton Drafted Document Number:l:\s-res\wcm\008fili.jh.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Conference Committee 88 SCC Date of Last Amendment:20010529 Subject:Primaries, political party; county may retain ten percent of candidate filing fees; Elections, Candidates History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20010606 Conference powers granted, 88 SCC McGill appointed Senators to Committee Richardson of Conference Mescher House 20010605 Conference powers granted, 98 HCC Scott appointed Reps. to Committee of Fleming Conference J. Young House 20010605 Insists upon amendment Senate 20010531 Non-concurrence in House amendment House 20010530 Read third time, returned to Senate with amendment House 20010529 Amended, read second time House 20010524 Debate adjourned until Tuesday, 20010529 House 20010523 Debate adjourned until Thursday, 20010524 House 20010517 Committee report: Favorable with 25 HJ amendment ------ 20010405 Scrivener's error corrected House 20010404 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Senate 20010403 Read third time, sent to House Senate 20010329 Read second time, notice of general amendments Senate 20010328 Committee report: Favorable 11 SJ Senate 20010110 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on March 28, 2001 - Word format Revised on April 5, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 17, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 29, 2001 - Word format
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May 29, 2001
S. 63
Introduced by Senators Mescher, Grooms, McGill, Richardson, Elliott, Reese and Branton
S. Printed 5/29/01--H.
Read the first time April 4, 2001.
TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FILING FEES FOR PARTY PRIMARIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNTY POLITICAL PARTY MAY RETAIN TEN PERCENT OF THE FILING FEES PAID BY CANDIDATES.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-13-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 7-13-40. In the event that a party nominates candidates by party primary, a party primary must be held by the party and conducted by the State Election Commission and the respective county election commissions on the second Tuesday in June of each general election year, and a second and third primary each two weeks successively thereafter, if necessary. Written certification of the names of all candidates to be placed on primary ballots must be made by the political party chairman, vice chairman, or secretary to the State Election Commission or the county election commission, whichever is responsible under law for preparing the ballot, not later than twelve o'clock noon on April ninth, or if April ninth falls on a Saturday or Sunday, not later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday. Political parties nominating candidates by party primary must verify the qualifications of those candidates prior to certification to the appropriate election commission of the names of candidates to be placed on primary ballots. The written verification required by this section must contain a statement that each candidate certified meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for office for which he has filed. Political parties must not accept the filing of any candidate who does not or will not by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, meet the qualifications for the office for which the candidate desires to file, and such candidate's name shall not be placed on a primary ballot. The filing fees for all candidates filing to run in all primaries, except municipal primaries, must be transmitted by the respective political parties to the State Election Commission, except that the state political parties may retain ten percent of the amount collected and the respective executive committees of the political parties must approve the expenditures from this amount collected. and placed by the The executive director of the election commission must place the amount sent by the political parties in a special account designated for use in conducting primary elections and must be used for that purpose. The filing fee for each office is one percent of the total salary for the term of that office or one hundred dollars, whichever amount is greater."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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