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Bill 3157

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3157
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010109
Primary Sponsor:                  Lourie
All Sponsors:                     Lourie, J.E. Smith, J.M. Neal, Emory
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20060dw01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Campaign practices, influence outcome of 
                                  elective office defined; Elections, Ethics


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010110  Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.            J.E. Smith
                                                                 J.M. Neal
                                                                 Emory
House   20010109  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
House   20001220  Prefiled, referred to Committee        25 HJ


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-1300, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO CAMPAIGN PRACTICES, SO AS TO DEFINE "INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTIVE OFFICE".

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

SECTION    1.    Section 8-13-1300 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 6 of 1995, is further amended by adding the following item at the end to read:

    "(31)    'Influence the outcome of an elective office' means:

        (a)    expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identifiable candidate using words including or substantially similar to 'vote for', 'elect', 'cast your ballot for', 'Smith for Governor', 'vote against', 'defeat', or 'reject'; or

        (b)    communicating campaign slogans or individual words that, taken in context, have no other reasonable meaning other than to urge the election or defeat of a clearly identifiable candidate including or substantially similar to slogans or words such as 'Smith's the One', 'Jones 2000', 'Smith/Jones', 'Jones!', or 'Smith-A Man for the People!'; or

        (c)    any communication about a public issue made, not more than one hundred twenty days before an election, that references a clearly identifiable candidate, that but for such reference, the communication as a whole would not convey a clear, unambiguous message concerning the public issue, and that is reasonably suggestive of primarily advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identifiable candidate, but does not necessarily contain words to that effect."

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

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