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H. 3217

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Lourie, Bales, Simrill and Richardson
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3057dw03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Campaign reports; all contributions, including those less than $100, to be filed by candidate or committee with names and addresses

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/18/2002  House   Prefiled
  12/18/2002  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/14/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-88
   1/14/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-88

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/18/2002

TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-1308, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE FILING OF CERTIFIED CAMPAIGN REPORTS BY CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES, SO AS TO SHOW ALL CONTRIBUTIONS INSTEAD OF THOSE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE IN A CERTIFIED CAMPAIGN REPORT FILED FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION AND MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES IN OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 8-13-1308(D)(1) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 6 of 1995, is further amended to read:

"(1)    At least fifteen days before an election, a certified campaign report must be filed showing contributions of more than one hundred dollars and expenditures to or by the candidate or committee for the period ending twenty days before the election. The candidate or committee must shall maintain a current list during the period before the election commencing at the beginning of the calendar quarter of the election of all contributions of more than one hundred dollars. The list must be open to public inspection upon request."

SECTION    2.    Section 8-13-1308(F) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 6 of 1995, is further amended to read:

"(F)    Certified campaign reports detailing campaign contributions and expenditures must contain the:

(1)    the total of contributions accepted by the candidate or committee;

(2)    the name and address of each person making a contribution of more than one hundred dollars and the date of receipt of each contribution;

(3)    the total expenditures made by or on behalf of the candidate or committee;

(4)    the name and address of each person to whom an expenditure is made from campaign funds, including the date, amount, purpose, and beneficiary of the expenditure."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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