Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:45 Primary Sponsor:Passailaigue Committee Number:11 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Senate, House Ethics Committees eliminated Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:45 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced and read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Passailaigue Rose Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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45 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 11
time, referred to Committee
45 Senate Sep 10, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 11
Committee
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TO AMEND TITLE 8, CHAPTER 13, RELATING TO ETHICS, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE SENATE AND HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEES AND GIVE THEIR DUTIES AND POWERS TO THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION I. Section 8-13-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(k) 'Supervisory office' means the State Ethics Commission for all candidates for public office in this State except for those candidates for the office of State Senator or State Representative, and means the Senate Ethics Committee for candidates for the office of State Senator and means the House of Representatives Committee for candidates for the office of State Representative."
SECTION 2. Section 8-13-610(b) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(b) No person who is a candidate for public office which is filled by election by the General Assembly or with the advice and consent of the Senate or the General Assembly shall be voted upon by the General Assembly or either house thereof until at least ten days following the date on which such candidate files a statement of economic interests as defined in this chapter with the Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee and Chairman of the House of Representatives Ethics Committee, as appropriate State Ethics Commission."/
SECTION 3. Section 8-13-810 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 8-13-810. No member of the General Assembly, or elected public official, regardless of compensation, and no public employee or appointed offficial as designated below, regardless of compensation, shall be allowed to take the oath of office or enter upon his duties of employment unless he has filed a statement of economic interests in accordance with the provisions of this chapter at the office of the State Ethics Commission, the Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee or the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ethics Committee as may be appropriate. The State Ethics Commission and the Senate Ethics Committee and House of Representatives Ethics Committee shall forward a copy of each statement filed with it to the clerk of court in the county of residence of the member, official or employee. If members of the General Assembly or a public officials official or and employees employee referred to in this section have has no ecnomic interests as defined in item (g) of Section 8-13-20 they he shall nevertheless file a negative report to that effect with the entity with which reports are to be filed. All disclosure statements shall be matters of public record open to inspection upon request.
The following public employees or appointed officials shall file a statement of economic interest regardless of compensation:
(a) Any person appointed to fill the unexpired term of any elective office;
(b) Salaried members of State boards, commissions, or agencies;
(c) The chief administrative official or employee and the deputy or assistant administrative official or employee or director of a division, institution or facility of any agency or department of state government;
(d) The city administrator, city manager, or chief municipal administative official or employee, by whatever title;
(e) The county manager, county administrator, county supervisor, or chief county administrative official or employee, by whatever title;
(f) The echief administrative official or employee of each political subdivision including, but not limited to, school districts, libraries, regional planning councils, airport commissions, hospitals, community action agencies, water and sewer districts and development commissions;
(g) All school district and county superintendents of education;
(h) All school district board members and county board of edcuation members; and
(i) The chief finance official or employee and the chief purchasing official or employee of each agency, institution, or facility of state government, and of each county, municipality, or other political subdivision, including but not limited to, those named in item (f)."
SECTION 4. "Sections 8-13-210, 8-13-220, 8-13-230, 8-13-240, 8-13-250, and 8-13-260 of the 1976 Code are repealed."
SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.