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H. 5200
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Hagood and Clemmons
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3799sj06.doc
Introduced in the House on May 18, 2006
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Public officials with a conflict of interest
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5/18/2006 House Introduced and read first time HJ-76 5/18/2006 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-76
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-740, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS REPRESENTED BEFORE A PUBLIC ENTITY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC OFFICIAL IS NOT REQUIRED TO RESIGN DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 8-13-740 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 6 of 1995, is further amended by adding at the end:
"(D) A public official, public member, or public employee of a municipality or county is not required to resign or otherwise vacate his seat or position due to a conflict of interest that arises pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 13, Title 8 so long as notice of the possible conflict is given and the public official, public member, or public employee of a municipality or county recuses himself from the vote on the matter that is the subject of the conflict of interest."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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