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Bill 410

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      410
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990127
Primary Sponsor:                  Moore
All Sponsors:                     Moore
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-jud\bills\moore\jud0021.tlm.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          Campaign practices, committee definition 
                                  to include certain individuals; Elections, 
                                  Ethics


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990127  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-1300, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROVISIONS OF CAMPAIGN PRACTICES, SO AS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "COMMITTEE" TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE DEFINITION AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTIVE OFFICE OR A BALLOT MEASURE, MAKES INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AGGREGATING FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE DURING AN ELECTION CYCLE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 8-13-1300(6) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 248 of 1991, is amended to read:

"(6) 'Committee' means an association, a club, an organization, or a group of persons which, to influence the outcome of an elective office or a ballot measure, receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle. It also means an individual who, to influence the outcome of an elective office or a ballot measure, makes:

(a) contributions aggregating at least fifty thousand dollars during an election cycle to, or at the request of, a candidate or a committee, or a combination of them.; or

(b) independent expenditures aggregating fifty thousand dollars or more during an election cycle.

'Committee' includes a party committee, a legislative caucus committee, a noncandidate committee, or a committee that is not a campaign committee for a candidate but that is organized for the purpose of influencing an election."

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

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