Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3110 Primary Sponsor:Cromer Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Campaign contribution reports Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:3110 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced and read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Cromer Waites Meacham Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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3110 House Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 25
time, referred to Committee
3110 House Dec 27, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 25
Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-620, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELECTION CAMPAIGN RECORDS, SO AS TO REVISE THE MANNER IN WHICH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES MUST BE REPORTED TO THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION AND TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO BE REPORTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 8-13-620 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 8-13-620. Any A candidate for office or any a committee working on behalf of a candidate for office, or any a duly organized group or political party, receiving or soliciting funds for the to support of a political candidate or candidates shall maintain a record of all funds and contributions received, with the name and amount of each individual or group contributing more than one hundred dollars and to what candidate such contribution was made. Duplicate, certified originals of such list showing the names of all contributors of more than one hundred dollars shall be filed with the appropriate supervisory office within thirty days after each election in which such contributions are sought or received. Any such candidate, or committee, or group or party shall maintain a current list of all contributors in the amount of more than one hundred dollars during the two-week period prior to the election, which shall be open to public inspection upon request. When a final list is filed with the supervisory office such candidate or group receiving such funds shall file a certified report stating the amounts expended and for what purposes, how much is retained and what its ultimate distribution shall be. and all expenditures. A candidate, committee, political party, or other group shall file contribution and expenditure reports with the State Ethics Commission on forms prescribed by the commission before each election in which a candidate which it supports or opposes is voted upon, at least ten days before the election containing information current as of fifteen days before the election. The report is not required for a primary runoff election. An updated report must be filed within thirty days after each election containing information current as of twenty days after the election an updated report is also required within ten days after the end of each calendar quarter in which funds or contributions were received which were not reported previously. The reports must disclose:
(1) the name and address of a person contributing more than one hundred dollars and the amount of a contribution of more than one hundred dollars;
(2) the name and address of each vendor or other recipient of campaign funds;
(3) how much is retained and its ultimate distribution."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 1992.