Bill 3

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    3
Primary Sponsor:                Wilson
Committee Number:               05
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Economic interest statements,
                                filing of
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              Ethics
Computer Document Number:       OLDVS/LIBX/23032
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Sep 10, 1990
Last History Type:              Prefiled, referred to
                                Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Wilson
                                Rose
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 3     Senate  Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       05
                             time, referred to Committee
 3     Senate  Sep 10, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           05
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-1015, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CIVIL PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO FILE A LATE FILING OF STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 8-13-1015 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 330 of 1990, is amended to read:

"Section 8-13-1015. In addition to any other penalty provided in this chapter, a person who files a required statement late or fails to file a required statement may be assessed a civil penalty by the appropriate supervisory office as follows:

(1) a fine of fifty one hundred dollars if not filed within ten days after the established deadline provided in this chapter; and

(2) a fine of ten twenty dollars a day for each additional calendar day in which the required statement is not filed, not to exceed a total fine of two hundred fifty five hundred dollars.

The fine may not be enforced by the appropriate supervisory office if it is determined that the late filing was not wilful and that enforcement of the fine does not further the purposes of the chapter. No liability is waived if the required statement is not filed at the established deadline after receiving written notification of the filing requirement from the supervisory office. The proceeds of the penalty must be deposited in the General Fund of the State."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.