S 0914 General Bill, By N.A. Theodore, H.A. Chapman, J.R. Richardson and 
J.V. Smith
 A Bill to amend Section 8-13-20, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
 1976, relating to definitions for purposes of ethics, conduct, campaign
 practices, and disclosures, so as to define "expenditures"; to amend the 1976
 Code by adding Sections 8-13-612, 8-13-614, 8-13-616, and 8-13-618, so as to
 require political parties and committees to file a statement of organization
 with the State Ethics Commission, to require candidates, committees, and
 parties to establish a campaign checking account for the receipt of
 contributions and require expenditures in excess of twenty-five dollars to be
 made by check, to limit campaign contributions to candidates for state office
 to one thousand dollars each year and candidates for local office to five
 hundred dollars each year with no limits on contributions to political
 parties, to prohibit the acceptance of cash contributions in excess of
 twenty-five dollars, anonymous contributions and contributions made on behalf
 of another; to amend Section 8-13-620, relating to maintenance of records of
 contributions, so as to require the maintenance of expenditure records; and to
 amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 8-13-635, so as to prohibit the use of
 state or local government facilities, equipment, or personnel in election
 campaigns and to permit the use of government facilities for campaigning if
 provided on an equal basis.
   03/22/84  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-1126
   03/22/84  Senate Referred to Committee on Ethics SJ-1127