Current Status Bill Number:581 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950228 Primary Sponsor:Ford All Sponsors:Ford Drafted Document Number:JUD6021.RF Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Procurement contracts, goods and services
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Senate 19950228 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
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TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-745, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES BY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH CONTRACTS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED DURING THE TERM FOR WHICH THE MEMBER SHALL HAVE BEEN ELECTED AND FOR ONE YEAR THEREAFTER IF THE CONTRACTS ARE IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE AGGREGATE FOR A FISCAL YEAR; AND TO PROVIDE THAT SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS SHALL APPLY TO CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR LESS IN THE AGGREGATE FOR A FISCAL YEAR IF THE MEMBER HAS VOTED ON OR PARTICIPATED IN THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE SECTION OF THAT YEAR'S APPROPRIATION BILL RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 8-13-745(C) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after the effective date of this section, no member of the General Assembly or an individual with whom he is associated in partnership or a business, company, corporation, or partnership where his interest is greater than five percent may enter into any contract or contracts which in the aggregate for a fiscal year:
(1) would exceed one hundred thousand dollars for goods or services with an agency, a commission, board, department, or other a governmental entity funded with general funds or other funds; or
(2) would not exceed one hundred thousand dollars for goods or services with a governmental entity if the member has voted on or participated in the deliberations of the section of that year's appropriation bill relating to that agency, commission, board, department, or other governmental entity within one year from the date of the vote. This subsection does not prohibit a member from voting on or participating in the deliberations of other sections of the appropriation bill or from voting on or participating in the deliberations of the general appropriation bill as a whole.
This subsection applies during the term for which the member shall have been elected and for one year thereafter."
SECTION 2. The provisions of SECTION 1 apply to contracts entered into on or after the effective date of this section.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.