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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.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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