South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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A225, R270, H3706

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Weeks and Harrison
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3620dw09.docx

Introduced in the House on March 11, 2009
Introduced in the Senate on April 28, 2009
Last Amended on May 25, 2010
Passed by the General Assembly on May 26, 2010
Governor's Action: June 7, 2010, Signed

Summary: Campaign funds

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/11/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-12
   3/11/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-12
    4/2/2009  House   Recalled from Committee on Judiciary HJ-117
   4/22/2009  House   Read second time HJ-27
   4/23/2009  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-238
   4/28/2009  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-9
   4/28/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-9
    5/5/2009  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Cleary, Scott
    5/5/2010  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-10
    5/6/2010  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-18
    5/6/2010  Senate  Read second time SJ-18
   5/11/2010  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-15
   5/20/2010  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 25, 2010 HJ-32
   5/25/2010  House   Senate amendment amended HJ-65
   5/25/2010  House   Motion noted- A Young moved to reconsider the vote 
                        whereby amendment 1 was adopted HJ-165
   5/26/2010  House   Reconsidered HJ-39
   5/26/2010  House   Amendment No. 1 tabled HJ-39
   5/26/2010  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-39
   5/26/2010  House   Roll call Yeas-106  Nays-0 HJ-39
    6/1/2010          Ratified R 270
    6/7/2010          Signed By Governor
   6/16/2010          Effective date 06/07/10
   6/23/2010          Act No. 225

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/11/2009
4/2/2009
5/5/2010
5/6/2010
5/25/2010
5/26/2010


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A225, R270, H3706)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-1348, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PERSONAL EXPENSES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A DEBIT CARD OR ONLINE TRANSFER ON A CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT MAY BE USED ON EXPENDITURES MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT, AND PROVIDE CONDITIONS ON THESE BANKING TRANSACTIONS.

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

Use of campaign funds

SECTION    1.    Section 8-13-1348(C) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 248 of 1991, is amended to read:

"(C)(1)    An expenditure of more than twenty-five dollars drawn upon a campaign account must be made by:

(a)    a written instrument;

(b)    debit card; or

(c)    online transfers.

The campaign account must contain the name of the candidate or committee, and the expenditure must contain the name of the recipient. These expenditures must be reported pursuant to the provisions of Section 8-13-1308.

(2)    Expenditures of twenty-five dollars or less that are not made by a written instrument, debit card, or online transfer containing the name of the candidate or committee and the name of the recipient must be accounted for by a written receipt or written record."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 1st day of June, 2010.

Approved the 7th day of June, 2010.

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