South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 86

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Courson, Hayes, Elliott and Reese
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3033dw03.doc

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

Summary: Campaign reporting, expanding reporting requirements, definitions

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2002  Senate  Prefiled
  12/11/2002  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/14/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-53
   1/14/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-53

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2002

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-1308, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE FILING OF A CERTIFIED CAMPAIGN REPORT BY A CANDIDATE AND COMMITTEE, SO AS TO REQUIRE A POLITICAL PARTY, LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS COMMITTEE, OR A PARTY COMMITTEE TO FILE A REPORT UPON THE RECEIPT OF ANYTHING OF VALUE, TO DEFINE "ANYTHING OF VALUE" FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AND REQUIRE A POLITICAL PARTY TO COMPLY WITH THE SAME REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AS ARE REQUIRED OF CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 8-13-1308 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 6 of 1995, is further amended by adding:

"(G)    Notwithstanding any other reporting requirements in this chapter, a political party, legislative caucus committee, or a party committee shall file a certified campaign report upon the receipt of anything of value. For purposes of this section, 'anything of value' includes contributions received which may be used for the payment of operation expenses of a political party, legislative caucus committee, or a party committee. A political party also shall comply with the reporting requirements of subsections (B), (C), and (F) of this section in the same manner as a candidate or committee."

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

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