Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:1273 Primary Sponsor:Rose Committee Number:11 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Ethic provisions regarding lobbyists Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:1273 Introduced Date:19940317 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19940317 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rose Type of Legislation:General Bill
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1273 Senate 19940317 Introduced, read first time, 11
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TO AMEND SECTION 2-17-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, RELATING TO PROHIBITED ACTS OF LOBBYISTS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A LOBBYIST FROM ENGAGING IN LOBBYING CONCERNING CANDIDATES FOR OFFICES ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO AMEND SECTION 2-17-90, RELATING TO PROHIBITED ACTS OF LOBBYISTS' PRINCIPALS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A LOBBYIST'S PRINCIPAL, IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, FROM COMMUNICATING WITH A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGARDING CANDIDATES FOR AN OFFICE ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 19, TITLE 2, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE JOINT COMMITTEES TO REVIEW CANDIDATES FOR OFFICES ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY ADDING SECTION 2-19-65 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH A REGULATED INDUSTRY FROM COMMUNICATING WITH A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR AN OFFICE ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 2-17-80 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( ) A lobbyist or a person acting on behalf of a lobbyist shall not engage directly or indirectly in lobbying any member of the General Assembly regarding a person who has filed with the appropriate joint screening committee as a candidate for an office elected by the General Assembly. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a lobbyist who is a candidate for an office elected by the General Assembly." SECTION 2. Section 2-17-90 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( ) No lobbyist's principal or person acting on behalf of a lobbyist's principal may directly or indirectly communicate with a member of the General Assembly concerning a candidate for an office elected by the General Assembly if the lobbyist's principal is regulated by the governing body of the entity to which the candidate is seeking to be elected. No lobbyist or employee of a public or quasi-public entity which employs a lobbyist may directly or indirectly communicate with a member of the General Assembly concerning a candidate for an office elected by the General Assembly unless that individual is discussing his or her candidacy."
SECTION 3. Chapter 19 of Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 2-19-65. No person who is a director, shareholder, employee, or otherwise affiliated with a regulated industry may communicate either directly or indirectly with a member of the General Assembly concerning a candidate for an office elected by the General Assembly unless that individual is discussing his or her own candidacy."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.