South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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S. 239

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Massey, Rose and Campsen
Document Path: l:\s-res\asm\006appb.mrh.asm.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2009
Introduced in the House on April 2, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Appropriations Bill Earmark Disclosure Act

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/13/2009  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-192
   1/13/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-192
   1/14/2009  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: O'Dell (ch), Peeler, Reese, 
                        Fair, Elliott
   3/11/2009  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance SJ-11
   3/12/2009          Scrivener's error corrected
    4/1/2009  Senate  Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted SJ-22
    4/1/2009  Senate  Read second time SJ-22
    4/2/2009  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-10
    4/2/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-125
    4/2/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-125
    4/2/2009          Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/13/2009
3/11/2009
3/12/2009
4/1/2009
4/2/2009

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT AMENDED AND ADOPTED

April 1, 2009

S. 239

Introduced by Senators Massey, Rose and Campsen

S. Printed 4/1/09--S.    [SEC 4/2/09 3:30 PM]

Read the first time January 13, 2009.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-7-67 ENACTING THE "APPROPRIATIONS BILL EARMARK DISCLOSURE ACT", TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION SURROUNDING EARMARKS REQUESTED BY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR INCLUSION IN AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL, TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE FOR THIS DISCLOSURE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THESE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 2-7-67.    (A)(1)    Any member of the General Assembly who requests funds in an appropriations bill be appropriated to a specific county, municipality, or non-profit organization shall make the request in writing on a form designed jointly by the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. The form must include the member's name, the specifics of the request, including the county, municipality, or non-profit organization for which the request was made, the purpose to be accomplished by the request, and such other information as the form may require. The form must be filed with the House Ways and Means Committee or Senate Finance Committee, as appropriate. The request must be published on the General Assembly's website within three business days of filing. In the case of a request while an appropriations bill is under consideration by a committee of free conference, the form must be filed with the designee of the chairman of the committee of free conference and this filing applies, mutatis mutandis, in the manner of filing with a committee for purposes of consideration of the request in a committee of free conference. A request may not be considered in the House Ways and Means Committee or Senate Finance Committee or any subcommittee thereof or in a free conference committee for inclusion in an appropriations bill before the filing of the request form required pursuant to this subsection.

(B)    For purposes of Chapter 4, Title 30 a request made pursuant to this section shall be considered a public record.

(C)    For purposes of this section, 'appropriations bill' means the annual general appropriations bill, a supplemental appropriations bill, the joint resolution appropriating revenues of the capital reserve fund, a bill appropriating contingency reserve fund revenues, or any other bill appropriating state revenues while these bills are under consideration by the House Ways and Means Committee or Senate Finance Committee, or any subcommittee thereof, and any free conference committee on an appropriations bill. For purposes of this definition, a bill includes a joint resolution.

(D)    Any director, officer, or employee of any state agency, institution, or instrumentality or any other entity who requests funds in an appropriations bill be appropriated to a specific county, municipality, or non-profit organization must disclose to the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee upon making the request, if any portion of the request was requested by a member of the General Assembly. The disclosure must be in writing and include when the request was made, the member requesting the project, and the specifics of the request. The request must then be recorded and maintained in the same manner as provided in subsection (A), unless the request has already been filed by the member."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies for appropriations made for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2009.

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