Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3248 Primary Sponsor:Rudnick Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Election campaign records Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:JIC/5064.HC Introduced Date:Jan 17, 1991 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Jan 17, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rudnick Rogers Cromer Waites Kempe Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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3248 House Jan 17, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 25
referred to 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 REQUIRE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES TO BE REPORTED TO THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION AT LEAST TEN DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY, TO REQUIRE SUPPLEMENTAL FILINGS WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE RECEIVED BEFORE THE ELECTION AND NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, 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 twenty days before the election. Individual contributions of one thousand dollars or more received before election day and not already reported must be reported in a supplemental filing within twenty-four hours of receipt. The report is not required for a primary runoff election except that supplemental filings within twenty-four hours of receipt must be made for contributions not already reported of one thousand dollars or more received before the day of the runoff election. An updated report must be filed within thirty days after each election containing information current as of twenty days after the election. 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;
A candidate who is unopposed in a primary election is not required to file a post-election report for that primary election."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 1992.