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SC Code § 8-12-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Interchange Of Government Employees Between And Among Federal, State And Local Governments|Section 8-12-20. Interchange of governmental employees authorized; length of assignment; public officials; consent of employee.

 (a) Any department or agency of this State or any political subdivision thereof is hereby authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments and agencies of the federal government, or this or any other state or any of their political subdivisions as a sending or receiving agency, or both.  (b) The period of individual assignment or detail under an interchange program shall not exceed two years; provided, however, the sending agency with the consent of the receiving agency may extend the period of assignment for not more than two additional years. Elected public officials of this State or any of its political subdivisions shall not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency.  (c) No employee of this State or any of its political subdivisions shall be required to participate in an interchange program without his consent.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 480 Section 3.
SC Code § 8-12-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Interchange Of Government Employees Between And Among Federal, State And Local Governments|Section 8-12-30. Status of employees of sending agencies.

 (a) Employees of a sending agency of this State or any political subdivision thereof participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in Section 8-12-20 may be considered during such participation to be (1) on detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency, or (2) in a status of leave of absence from their positions in the sending agency.  (b) Employees who are on detail shall be entitled to the same salary and benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled and shall remain employees of the sending agency for all other purposes except that the supervision of their duties during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency.  (c) Employees who are in a leave of absence status as provided herein shall be carried on leave without pay; provided, that they shall be granted annual leave or other time off with pay to the extent authorized by law applicable to the sending agency. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, employees who are in a leave of absence status shall have the same rights, benefits, and obligations as employees generally who are in such leave status and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such employees shall be entitled to credit the period of such assignment toward any benefits provided them by law as employees of the sending agency.  (d) Any employee of a sending agency of this State or any political subdivision thereof who participates in an exchange under the terms of this chapter who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of an exchange, or sustained in performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated, for the purposes of the sending agency's employee compensation program, as an employee who has sustained such injury in the performance of his duties with the sending agency but any benefits so received as an employee of the sending agency shall be reduced to the extent he is entitled to and elects to receive similar benefits under the receiving agency's employee compensation program.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 480 Section 4.
SC Code § 8-12-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Interchange Of Government Employees Between And Among Federal, State And Local Governments|Section 8-12-40. Relation of interchanged employees with receiving agency.

 (a) When any agency or department of this State or any political subdivision acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned under authority of this chapter may (1) be given appointments in the receiving agency covering the periods of such assignments, with compensation to be paid from receiving agency funds or may be given appointments without compensation, or (2) may, with the agreement of the sending agency, be considered to be on detail to the receiving agency with their compensation to be paid by the sending agency.  (b) Appointments of persons so assigned may be made without regard to the laws or regulations governing the selection of employees of the receiving agency.  (c) Except for those benefits authorized by subsection (d) of this section, employees who are detailed to a receiving agency of this State or any political subdivision thereof shall not by virtue of such detail be considered to be employees of the receiving agency, nor shall they be paid a salary or wage by the receiving agency during the period of their detail. The supervision of the duties of such employees during the period of detail shall be determined by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency.  (d) Any employee of a sending agency not of this State or any political subdivision thereof, which employee is assigned to a receiving agency in this State, who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of such assignment, or sustained in the performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated for the purpose of receiving agency's employee compensation program as an employee who has sustained such injury in the performance of his duties with the receiving agency but any benefits so received as an employee of the receiving agency shall be reduced to the extent he is entitled to and elects to receive similar benefits as an employee under the sending agency's employee compensation program.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 480 Section 5.
SC Code § 8-12-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Interchange Of Government Employees Between And Among Federal, State And Local Governments|Section 8-12-50. Payment of travel expenses by receiving agency.

 A receiving agency in this State may, in accordance with the applicable travel regulations of such agency, pay the travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under this chapter during the period of such assignments on the same basis as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 480 Section 6.
SC Code § 8-12-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 12 - Interchange Of Government Employees Between And Among Federal, State And Local Governments|Section 8-12-60. Regulations.

 The Department of Administration, through its state personnel division, shall promulgate regulations and administer the provisions of this chapter and shall assist any agency or department of this State or any political subdivision thereof in participating in employee interchange programs authorized by this chapter.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 480 Section 7.
SC Code § 8-13-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-120. Fee for education and training programs.

 The State Ethics Commission may charge a ten dollar fee to partially offset the cost of providing ethics education and training programs, to include costs associated with travel, including, but not limited to, mileage, lodging, and meals, as well as, costs associated with handouts and other training materials.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 22A, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 8-13-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-130. Levying enforcement or administrative fees on persons in violation; use of fees and costs.

 The State Ethics Commission, Senate Ethics Committee, and House of Representatives Ethics Committee may levy an enforcement or administrative fee on a person who is found in violation, or who admits to a violation, pursuant to Title 2 or Title 8. The fee must be used to reimburse the commission, the appropriate legislative Ethics Committee, or combination thereof, for costs associated with the investigation and hearing of a violation. The costs associated include:  (1) the investigator's time;  (2) mileage, meals, and lodging;  (3) the prosecutor's time;  (4) the hearing panel's travel, per diem, and meals;  (5) administrative time;  (6) subpoena costs to include witness fees and mileage; and  (7) miscellaneous costs such as postage and supplies.  These fees and costs are in addition to any fines as otherwise provided by law.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 22B, eff July 1, 2009; 2016 Act No. 282 (H.3184), Section 1, eff April 1, 2017.  Editor's Note  2016 Act No. 282, Section 17, provides as follows:  "SECTION 17. The provisions of this act are effective as of April 1, 2017 and shall apply to complaints filed on or after April 1, 2017. However, the provisions in Section 8-13-310 regarding the selection of the initial members to serve on the State Ethics Commission as of April 1, 2017, and the termination of terms of the members serving on the commission as of March 31, 2017, take effect after the date of the Governor's signature for the limited purpose of having the initial members of the reconstituted State Ethics Commission begin service on April 1, 2017. The State Ethics Commission, House Ethics Committee and Senate Ethics Committee shall maintain jurisdiction over all open complaints and investigations pending in the appropriate entity on or before March 31, 2017. The reconstituted State Ethics Commission shall have jurisdiction over open complaints and investigations pending within the State Ethics Commission as of March 31, 2017."
SC Code § 8-13-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-140. Retention of funds derived from additional assessments associated with late filing fees.

 The State Ethics Commission is authorized to retain any funds derived from additional assessments associated with late filing fees to offset the costs of administering and enforcing the "Ethics, Government Accountability, and Campaign Reform Act of 1991". The commission is authorized to carry forward unexpended funds into the current fiscal year for the same purpose.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 22C, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 8-13-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-150. Carrying forward unexpended lobbyists and lobbyist's principals registration fees.

 The State Ethics Commission is authorized to carry forward unexpended lobbyists and lobbyist's principals registration fees into the current fiscal year and to use these funds for the same purpose.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 22D, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 8-13-322 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-322. Prohibited contacts during pendency of investigation or open complaint.

 It is unlawful for the Governor, a member of the General Assembly, or anyone who is the subject of a pending investigation or open complaint, to contact or attempt to contact, either directly or indirectly, a member of the commission or a legislative ethics committee to influence or attempt to influence the outcome of a pending investigation or open complaint.  HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 282 (H.3184), Section 11, eff April 1, 2017.  Editor's Note  2016 Act No. 282, Section 17, provides as follows:  "SECTION 17. The provisions of this act are effective as of April 1, 2017 and shall apply to complaints filed on or after April 1, 2017. However, the provisions in Section 8-13-310 regarding the selection of the initial members to serve on the State Ethics Commission as of April 1, 2017, and the termination of terms of the members serving on the commission as of March 31, 2017, take effect after the date of the Governor's signature for the limited purpose of having the initial members of the reconstituted State Ethics Commission begin service on April 1, 2017. The State Ethics Commission, House Ethics Committee and Senate Ethics Committee shall maintain jurisdiction over all open complaints and investigations pending in the appropriate entity on or before March 31, 2017. The reconstituted State Ethics Commission shall have jurisdiction over open complaints and investigations pending within the State Ethics Commission as of March 31, 2017."
SC Code § 8-13-325 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-325. Commission to retain fees.

 In order to offset costs associated with the: (1) administration and regulation of lobbyists and lobbyist's principals, and (2) enforcement of Chapter 17 of Title 2, the State Ethics Commission shall retain fees generated by the registration of lobbyists and lobbyists' principals and the initial fine of one hundred dollars, as provided in Section 2-17-50(A)(2)(a), and the initial fine of one hundred dollars, as provided in Section 8-13-1510(1), for reports received by the State Ethics Commission.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 6, Section 20, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature January 12, 1995) and applies only to transactions occurring on or after January 1, 1995; 2003 Act No. 76, Section 15, eff July 1, 2003.
SC Code § 8-13-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-330. Executive director of commission; restrictions on political activities of members, employees and staff of commission.

 (A) The commission may employ and remove, at its pleasure, an executive director. The executive director has the responsibility for employing and terminating other personnel as may be necessary. The executive director administers the daily business of the commission and performs duties assigned by the commission.  (B) No member or employee of the commission may be a candidate, an official in a political party, or a lobbyist. Other than by virtue of membership on or employment with the State Ethics Commission, no member or employee of the commission may be a public official, public member, or public employee.  (C) No member of the commission or its staff may participate in political management or in a political campaign during the member's or employee's term of office or employment. No member of the commission or its staff may make a contribution to a candidate or knowingly attend a fundraiser held for the benefit of a candidate. Violation of this provision subjects the employee to immediate dismissal and the commissioner to removal by the Governor.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
SC Code § 8-13-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-340. Annual report of commission.

 The State Ethics Commission at the close of each fiscal year shall report to the General Assembly and the Governor concerning the action it has taken, the names, salaries, and duties of all persons in its employ, and the money it has disbursed and shall make other reports on matters within its jurisdiction and recommendations for further legislation as may appear desirable.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
SC Code § 8-13-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-350. Ethics brochure to be provided to public officials, members, and employees.

 When hired, filing for office, or appointed and upon assuming the duties of employment, office, or position in state government, a public official, public member, and public employee shall receive a brochure prepared by the State Ethics Commission describing the general application of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
SC Code § 8-13-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-360. Statements and reports filed with commission open for public inspection and copying.

 Upon request, the commission shall make statements and reports filed with the commission available for public inspection and copying during regular office hours. The commission shall provide copying facilities at a cost not to exceed the actual cost. A statement may be requested by mail, and the commission shall mail a copy of the requested information to the individual making the request upon payment of appropriate postage, copying costs, and employee labor costs. The commission shall publish and make available to the public and to persons subject to this chapter explanatory information concerning this chapter, the duties imposed by this chapter, and the means for enforcing this chapter.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
SC Code § 8-13-365 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-365. Electronic filing system for disclosures and reports; public accessibility.

 The commission shall establish a system of electronic filing for all disclosures and reports required pursuant to Chapter 13, Title 8 and Chapter 17, Title 2 except for forms and reports required pursuant to Article 9, Chapter 13, Title 8. These disclosures and reports must be filed using an Internet-based filing system as prescribed by the commission. The information contained in the reports and disclosure forms, with the exception of social security numbers, campaign bank account numbers, and tax ID numbers, must be publicly accessible, searchable, and transferable.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 76, Section 16, eff November 3, 2004; 2010 Act No. 190, Section 1, eff May 28, 2010; 2013 Act No. 61, Section 7, eff June 25, 2013.  Editor's Note  2003 Act No. 76, Section 57, sets forth funding contingency and applicability provisions as follows:  ". . . Sections 16 [adding Section 8-13-365] and 44 [amending Section 8-13-1358] take effect November 3, 2004, if funding is appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose, and apply to: (1) reports required to be filed with the commission after November 2, 2004, by candidates and committees for statewide offices, and (2) the forwarding of filings after November 2, 2004, to the commission by the Ethics Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to Section 8-13-365(A), and take effect January 2006 for these candidates and entities, notwithstanding the failure of the General Assembly to appropriate such funds for this purpose . . ."  2013 Act No. 61, Section 14, provides as follows:  "SECTION 14. This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first."  The amendment by 2013 Act No. 61 became effective June 25, 2013, see South Carolina Libertarian Party v. South Carolina State Election Com'n, 407 S.C. 612, 757 S.E.2d 707 (2014).
SC Code § 8-13-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-510. Creation of ethics committees; committee membership; terms; filling vacancies.

 There is created a House of Representatives Legislative Ethics Committee and a Senate Legislative Ethics Committee. Each ethics committee is composed of six members. Terms are coterminous with the term for which members are elected to the House or Senate. Vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term in the manner of the original selection. The members of each ethics committee must be elected by the House or the Senate, as appropriate. One member of each ethics committee must be elected as chairman by a majority of the members of the ethics committee.  HISTORY: A former Section 8-13-510: [1981 Act No. 148, Section 4]; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
SC Code § 8-13-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-520. Duty to recommend changes in ethics laws and rules.

 Each ethics committee shall meet and recommend any changes in the law or rules relating to ethics considered proper to their respective houses. Changes recommended must be consistent with the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, the provisions of this chapter, and any other applicable law.  HISTORY: A former Section 8-13-520: [1981 Act No. 148, Section 4]; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.