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S. 593

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Hayes, Campsen and Ford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3507sd11.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 22, 2011
Last Amended on April 24, 2012
Currently residing in the Senate

Summary: Revise definitions of certain terms relating to campaigns

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/22/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
   2/22/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 6)
   3/14/2011  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Cleary, Scott
    6/1/2011  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 11)
   4/24/2012  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 50)
   4/25/2012          Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/22/2011
6/1/2011
4/24/2012
4/25/2012

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AMENDED

April 24, 2012

S. 593

S. Printed 4/24/12--S.    [SEC 4/25/12 12:39 PM]

Read the first time February 22, 2011.

TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-1300, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN REGARD TO CAMPAIGN PRACTICES, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITIONS OF "COMMITTEE", "NONCANDIDATE COMMITTEE", AND "BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE", AND TO ADD A DEFINITION OF "INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE".

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    A.        Section 8-13-1300(6) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 76 of 2003, is further amended to read:

"(6)    'Committee' means an association, a club, an organization, or a group of persons which, to influence the outcome of an, the major purpose of which is to support or oppose the nomination or election of a candidate to elective office, that receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle. It also means a person who, to influence the outcome of an elective office, makes:

(a)    contributions aggregating at least twenty-five 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 five hundred dollars or more during an election cycle for the election or defeat of a candidate.

'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 and has as its major purpose the support of or opposition to the nomination or election of a candidate to elective office through publications and expends in excess of fifty percent of its available funds for that support or opposition."

B.        Section 8-13-1300(23) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 6 of 1995, is further amended to read:

"(23)    'Noncandidate committee' means a committee that: (a) is not a campaign committee for a candidate but is organized to influence an election or to support or oppose a candidate or public official, (b) receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle, and (c) has as its major purpose the support of or opposition to the nomination or election of a candidate to elective office through publications and expends in excess of fifty percent of its available funds for that support or opposition. 'Noncandidate committee' does not include political action committees that contribute solely only to federal campaigns."

C.        Section 8-13-1300(32) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 76 of 2003, is amended to read:

"(32)    'Ballot measure committee' means:

(a)    an association, a club, an organization, or a group of persons which, to influence the outcome of a ballot measure,; which receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle; and which has as its major purpose the support of or opposition to the nomination or election of a candidate to elective office through publications and expends in excess of fifty percent of its available funds for that support or opposition.

(b)    a person, other than an individual, who, to influence the outcome of a ballot measure, makes contributions aggregating at least fifty thousand dollars during an election cycle to or at the request of a ballot measure committee; or

(c)    a person, other than an individual, who, to influence the outcome of a ballot measure, makes independent expenditures aggregating two thousand five hundred dollars or more during an election cycle."

D.        Section 8-13-1300 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an item to read:

"(35)    'Independent expenditure committee' means an association, a club, an organization, a group of persons or a person, the major purpose of which is to support or oppose the nomination or election of a candidate to elective office, that makes independent expenditures in excess of five thousand dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle, and that has as its major purpose the support of or opposition to the nomination or election of a candidate to elective office through publications and expends in excess of fifty percent of its available funds for that support or opposition."

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

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