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SC Code § 8-13-1160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1160. Forwarding of copies of statement to State Ethics Commission and filing person's county of residence.

 (A) The Senate Ethics Committee and the House of Representatives Ethics Committee must forward a copy of each statement filed with it to the State Ethics Commission within five business days of receipt.  (B) Within five business days of receipt, a copy of all statements of economic interests received by the State Ethics Commission must be forwarded to the clerk of court in the county of residence of the filing official or employee.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 1995 Act No. 6, Section 33, 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.
SC Code § 8-13-1170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1170. Technical violations of disclosure requirements; extensions of time for filing statements.

 (A) The appropriate supervisory office may, in its discretion, determine that errors or omissions on statements of economic interests are inadvertent and unintentional and not an effort to violate a requirement of this chapter and may be handled as technical violations not subject to the provisions of this chapter pertaining to ethical violations. Technical violations must remain confidential unless requested to be made public by the public official, public member, or public employee filing the statement. In lieu of all other penalties, the appropriate supervisory office may assess a technical violations penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.  (B) The appropriate supervisory office may grant a reasonable extension of time for filing a statement of economic interests. The extension may not exceed thirty days except in cases of illness or incapacitation.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
SC Code § 8-13-1180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1180. Soliciting of contributions by elective official or agent from employees; favoritism by public official or employee towards employees making contributions.

 (A) An elective official or the elective official's agent may not knowingly solicit a contribution from an employee in the elective official's area of official responsibility.  (B) A public official or public employee may not provide an advantage or disadvantage to a public employee or applicant for public employment concerning employment, conditions of employment, or application for employment based on the employee's or applicant's contribution, promise to contribute, or failure to contribute to a candidate, a political party, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(26) or a committee, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(6).  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
SC Code § 8-13-1301 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1301. Joint candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor considered a single candidate.

 For purposes of this article, candidates elected jointly as provided in Section 8, Article IV of the South Carolina Constitution, 1895, must be considered a single candidate. The gubernatorial candidate is responsible for:  (1) establishing a single candidate committee for contributions solicited and received for the Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected jointly; and  (2) complying with the requirements of Article 13, Chapter 13, Title 8 for the committee established for the joint election.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 142 (H.4977), Section 4, eff March 15, 2018.
SC Code § 8-13-1302 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1302. Maintenance of records of contributions, contributors, and expenditures.

 (A) A candidate, committee, or ballot measure committee must maintain and preserve an account of:  (1) the total amount of contributions accepted by the candidate, committee, or ballot measure committee;  (2) the name and address of each person making a contribution and the amount and date of receipt of each contribution;  (3) the total amount of expenditures made by or on behalf of the candidate, committee, or ballot measure committee;  (4) the name and address of each person to whom an expenditure is made including the date, amount, purpose, and beneficiary of the expenditure;  (5) all receipted bills, canceled checks, or other proof of payment for each expenditure; and  (6) the occupation of each person making a contribution.  (B) The candidate, committee, or ballot measure committee must maintain and preserve all receipted bills and accounts required by this article for four years.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 2003 Act No. 76, Section 28, eff November 3, 2004.
SC Code § 8-13-1304 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1304. Committees receiving and spending funds to influence elections required to file statement of organization.

 (A) A committee, except an out-of-state committee, which receives or expends more than five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle to influence the outcome of an elective office must file a statement of organization with the State Ethics Commission no later than five days after receiving the contribution or making the expenditure. An out-of-state committee which expends more than five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle to influence the outcome of an elective office must file a statement of organization with the State Ethics Commission no later than five days after making the expenditure.  (B) A ballot measure committee, except an out-of-state ballot measure committee, which receives or expends more than two thousand five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle to influence the outcome of a ballot measure must file a statement of organization with the State Ethics Commission no later than five days after receiving the contribution or making the expenditure. An out-of-state ballot measure committee which expends more than two thousand five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle to influence the outcome of a ballot measure must file a statement of organization with the State Ethics Commission no later than five days after making the expenditure.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 2003 Act No. 76, Section 29, eff November 3, 2004.
SC Code § 8-13-1306 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1306. Contents of statement of organization.

 (A) The statement of organization of a committee or a ballot measure committee must include:  (1) the full name of the committee or ballot measure committee;  (2) the complete address and telephone number of the committee or ballot measure committee;  (3) the date the committee or ballot measure committee was organized;  (4) a summary of the purpose of the committee or ballot measure committee;  (5) the name and address of a corporation or an organization that sponsors the committee or ballot measure committee or is affiliated with the committee or ballot measure committee. If the committee or ballot measure committee is not sponsored by or affiliated with a corporation or an organization, the committee or ballot measure committee must specify the trade, profession, or primary interest of contributors to the committee or ballot measure committee;  (6) the name and address of affiliated committees, as defined in Section 8-13-1331;  (7) the full name, address, telephone number, occupation, and principal place of business of the chairman and treasurer of the committee or ballot measure committee;  (8) the full name, address, telephone number, occupation, and principal place of business of the custodian of the books and accounts, if the custodian is not one of the designated officers;  (9) the full name and address of the depository in which the committee or ballot measure committee maintains its campaign account and the number of the account; and  (10) a certification of the statement by the chairman and the treasurer.  (B) The name of the committee or ballot measure committee designated on the statement of organization must incorporate the full name of the sponsoring entity, if any. An acronym or abbreviation may be used in other communications if the acronym or abbreviation commonly is known or clearly recognized by the general public.  (C) The chairman must notify the State Ethics Commission in writing of a change in information previously reported in a statement of organization no later than ten business days after the change.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 2003 Act No. 76, Section 30, eff June 26, 2003; 2008 Act No. 245, Section 6, eff May 29, 2008.
SC Code § 8-13-1309 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1309. Certified campaign reports; filing; contents.

 (A) Upon the receipt or expenditure of campaign contributions or the making of independent expenditures totaling, in an accumulated aggregate, two thousand five hundred dollars or more, a ballot measure committee required to file a statement of organization pursuant to Section 8-13-1304(B) must file an initial certified campaign report within ten days of these initial receipts or expenditures.  (B) Following the filing of an initial certified campaign report, additional certified campaign reports must be filed within ten days following the end of each calendar quarter in which contributions are received or expenditures are made, whether before or after a ballot measure election until the campaign account undergoes final disbursement pursuant to the provisions of Section 8-13-1370(C).  (C) At least fifteen days before a ballot measure election, a certified campaign report must be filed showing contributions of more than one hundred dollars and expenditures to or by the ballot measure committee for the period ending twenty days before the ballot measure election. The ballot measure committee must maintain a current list during the period before the ballot measure 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.  (D) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (B) and (C), if a pre-election campaign report provided for in subsection (C) is required to be filed within thirty days of the end of the prior quarter, a ballot measure committee must combine the quarterly report provided for in subsection (B) and the pre-election report and file the combined report subject to the provisions of subsection (C) no later than fifteen days before the ballot measure election.  (E) Certified campaign reports detailing campaign contributions and expenditures must contain:  (1) the total amount of contributions accepted by the ballot measure committee;  (2) the name and address of each person making a contribution of more than one hundred dollars and the amount and date of receipt of each contribution;  (3) the total amount of expenditures made by or on behalf of the ballot measure committee; and  (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.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 76, Section 35, eff November 3, 2004.
SC Code § 8-13-1310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1310. Recipients of certified campaign reports and copies thereof; State Ethics Commission review.

 (A) All persons required to file certified campaign reports pursuant to the provisions of this article must file those reports with the appropriate supervisory office.  (B) The Ethics Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives must forward a copy of each statement filed with them to the State Ethics Commission within five business days of receipt.  (C) Within five days of receipt, a copy of all campaign reports received by the State Ethics Commission must be forwarded to the clerk of court in the county of residence of the person required to file.  (D) As provided in Section 8-13-1372, the State Ethics Commission must review all statements for inadvertent and unintentional errors or omissions.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 1995 Act No. 6, Sections 40, 41, 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 36, eff June 26, 2003.
SC Code § 8-13-1312 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1312. Campaign bank accounts.

 Except as is required for the separation of funds and expenditures under the provisions of Section 8-13-1300(7), a candidate shall not establish more than one campaign checking account and one campaign savings account for each office sought, and a committee shall not establish more than one checking account and one savings account unless federal or state law requires additional accounts. For purposes of this article, certificates of deposit or other interest bearing instruments are not considered separate accounts. A candidate's accounts must be established in a financial institution that conducts business within the State and in an office located within the State that conducts business with the general public. The candidate or a duly authorized officer of a committee must maintain the accounts in the name of the candidate or committee. An acronym must not be used in the case of a candidate's accounts. An acronym or abbreviation may be used in the case of a committee's accounts if the acronym or abbreviation commonly is known or clearly recognized by the general public. Except as otherwise provided under Section 8-13-1348(C), expenses paid on behalf of a candidate or committee must be drawn from the campaign account and issued on a check signed by the candidate or a duly authorized officer of a committee. All contributions received by the candidate or committee, directly or indirectly, must be deposited in the campaign account by the candidate or committee within ten days after receipt. All contributions received by an agent of a candidate or committee must be forwarded to the candidate or committee not later than five days after receipt. A contribution must not be deposited until the candidate or committee receives information regarding the name and address of the contributor. If the name and address cannot be determined within seven days after receipt, the contribution must be remitted to the Children's Trust Fund.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 2003 Act No. 76, Section 37, eff November 3, 2004.
SC Code § 8-13-1314 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1314. Campaign contribution limits and restrictions.

 (A) Within an election cycle, a candidate or anyone acting on his behalf shall not solicit or accept, and a person shall not give or offer to give to a candidate or person acting on the candidate's behalf:  (1) a contribution which exceeds:  (a) three thousand five hundred dollars in the case of a candidate for statewide office; or  (b) three thousand five hundred dollars in the aggregate for statewide candidates elected jointly pursuant to Section 8, Article IV of the South Carolina Constitution, 1895; or  (c) one thousand dollars in the case of a candidate for any other office;  (2) a cash contribution from an individual unless the cash contribution does not exceed twenty-five dollars and is accompanied by a record of the amount of the contribution and the name and address of the contributor;  (3) a contribution from, whether directly or indirectly, a registered lobbyist if that lobbyist engages in lobbying the public office or public body for which the candidate is seeking election;  (4) contributions for two elective offices simultaneously, except as provided in Section 8-13-1318.  (B) The restrictions on contributions in subsection (A)(1) and (2) do not apply to a candidate making a contribution to his own campaign.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 2003 Act No. 76, Section 38, eff November 3, 2004; 2018 Act No. 142 (H.4977), Section 5, eff March 15, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2018 Act No. 142, Section 5, in (A), substituted "a candidate or anyone acting on his behalf shall not solicit or accept, and a person shall not give" for "no candidate or anyone acting on his behalf shall solicit or accept, and no person shall give", inserted (A)(1)(b), and redesignated former (A)(1)(b) as (A)(1)(c); and in (B), substituted "subsection (A)(1) and (2)" for "subsections (A)(1) and (A)(2)".
SC Code § 8-13-1316 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1316. Restrictions on campaign contributions received from political parties; exception for multi-candidate promotions.

 (A) Notwithstanding Section 8-13-1314(A)(1), within an election cycle, a candidate may not accept or receive contributions from a political party through its party committees or legislative caucus committees, and a political party through its party committees or legislative caucus committees may not give to a candidate contributions which total in the aggregate more than:  (1) fifty thousand dollars in the case of a candidate for statewide office; or  (2) five thousand dollars in the case of a candidate for any other office.  (B) The recipient of a contribution given in violation of subsection (A) may not keep the contribution, but within seven days must remit the contribution to the Children's Trust Fund.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 2003 Act No. 76, Section 39, eff November 3, 2004.
SC Code § 8-13-1318 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1318. Acceptance of contributions to retire campaign debt; limits; reporting requirements.

 If a candidate has a debt from a campaign for an elective office, the candidate may accept contributions to retire the debt, even if the candidate accepts contributions for another elective office or the same elective office during a subsequent election cycle, as long as those contributions accepted to retire the debt are:  (1) within the contribution limits applicable to the last election in which the candidate sought the elective office for which the debt was incurred; and  (2) reported as provided in this article.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
SC Code § 8-13-1320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1320. Contributions within specified period after primary, special, or general election attributed to that primary or election.

 For purposes of this article:  (1) A contribution made on or before the seventh day after a primary is attributed to the primary. However, in the event of a primary runoff, all contributions made after the day of the primary and continuing through the seventh day after the primary runoff are attributed to the primary runoff for the purposes of applying contribution limits.  (2) A contribution made on or before the end of the quarter immediately following a general election or special election is attributed to the general election or special election, respectively.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 2016 Act No. 184 (H.3193), Section 1, eff May 25, 2016.
SC Code § 8-13-1322 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1322. Dollar limits on contributions to committees.

 (A) A person may not contribute to a committee and a committee may not accept from a person contributions aggregating more than three thousand five hundred dollars in a calendar year.  (B) A person may not contribute to a committee and a committee may not accept from a person a cash contribution unless the cash contribution does not exceed twenty-five dollars for each election and is accompanied by a record of the amount of the contribution and the name and address of the contributor.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
SC Code § 8-13-1324 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform|Section 8-13-1324. Anonymous campaign contributions.

 (A) A person shall not make an anonymous contribution to a candidate, committee, or ballot measure committee, and a candidate, committee, or ballot measure committee shall not accept an anonymous contribution from an individual except at a ticketed event where food or beverages are served or where political merchandise is distributed and where the price of the ticket is twenty-five dollars or less and goes toward defraying the cost of food, beverages, or political merchandise in whole or in part.  (B) The recipient of an anonymous contribution given in violation of subsection (A) or the recipient of any other anonymous contribution shall not keep the contribution but within seven days must remit the contribution to the Children's Trust Fund.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 2003 Act No. 76, Section 40, eff June 26, 2003.