Bill 3300

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3300
Ratification Number:       255
Act Number                 166
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Filing for candidates

(A166, R255, H3300)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 7-13-45 SO AS TO REQUIRE COUNTY PARTY CHAIRMEN TO DESIGNATE A SPECIFIED PLACE OTHER THAN A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AND STAFF IT DURING REGULAR HOURS OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR HOURS A DAY DURING THE FINAL SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF THE FILING PERIOD FOR THE RECEIPT FOR FILINGS AND TO REQUIRE THE CHAIRMEN TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE DATES, TIME, AND PLACE WHERE CANDIDATES MAY FILE BY PLACING AN ADVERTISEMENT IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE FILING PERIOD.

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

Filing for candidates

SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 13, Title 7 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 7-13-45. In every general election year, the county chairman shall:

(1) designate a specified place other than a private residence where persons may file as candidates;

(2) establish regular hours of not less than four hours a day during the final seventy-two hours of the filing period in which he or some person he designates must be present at the designated place to accept filings;

(3) place an advertisement to appear two weeks before the filing period begins in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least five by seven inches in size that notifies the public of the dates of the filing period, the offices which may be filed for, the place and street address where filings may be made, and the hours that an authorized person will be present to receive filings."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 1990.