South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 4638


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4638
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20000216
Primary Sponsor:                  J. Smith
All Sponsors:                     J. Smith
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1252dw99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Campaign practices, committee defined 
                                  regarding independent expenditures; Ethics, 
                                  Elections, Candidates


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20000216  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-1300, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF CAMPAIGN PRACTICES, SO AS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "COMMITTEE" TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE DEFINITION AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTIVE OFFICE OR A BALLOT MEASURE, MAKES INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AGGREGATING FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE DURING AN ELECTION CYCLE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 8-13-1300(6) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 248 of 1991, is amended to read:

"(6) 'Committee' means an association, a club, an organization, or a group of persons which, to influence the outcome of an elective office or a ballot measure, receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle. It also means an individual who, to influence the outcome of an elective office or a ballot measure, makes:

(a) contributions aggregating at least fifty thousand dollars during an election cycle to, or at the request of, a candidate or a committee, or a combination of them.; or

(b) independent expenditures aggregating five hundred dollars or more during an election cycle.

'Committee' includes a party committee, a legislative caucus committee, a noncandidate committee, or a committee that is not a campaign committee for a candidate but that is organized for the purpose of influencing an election."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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