South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 17 - Lobbyists And Lobbying
Section 2-17-60. Duties of State Ethics Commission.

The State Ethics Commission has the following duties:
(1) to develop forms for the filing of notices of registration, representation, complaints, and reports required by this chapter and to furnish the forms to persons upon request;
(2) to issue identification cards to each lobbyist before the lobbyist can engage in lobbying and prior to January tenth of each succeeding year;
(3) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system consonant with the purpose of this chapter;
(4) to make the notices of registration and the reports filed with the State Ethics Commission available for public inspection and copying as soon as practicable after receipt of them and to permit copying of any report or statement by hand or by duplicating machine, as requested by any person, at the expense of the person;
(5) to preserve the originals or copies of notices and reports for a period of four years from date of receipt;
(6) to have information, compiled and summarized, made available for public inspection and copying within thirty days after the close of each filing period.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-156; 1952 Code Section 30-157; 1942 Code Section 2070-1; 1935 (39) 3; 1974 (58) 2622; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 2.

Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 2 - General Assembly

Chapter 17 - Lobbyists And Lobbying

Section 2-17-5. Transfer of duties and powers from Secretary of State to State Ethics Commission.

Section 2-17-10. Definitions.

Section 2-17-15. Persons prohibited from serving as lobbyist; application of section.

Section 2-17-17. Outside lobbyists' disclosure statements; copies to board members, commissioners, etc.

Section 2-17-20. Registration of lobbyists; notice of termination of lobbying activities; supplemental registration statements; list of lobbyists; recording keeping requirements; reregistration requirements.

Section 2-17-25. Registration of lobbyist's principal; notice of termination of lobbying authority; supplemental registration statements; list of lobbyist's principal; recording keeping requirements; reregistration requirements.

Section 2-17-30. Lobbyist's reporting of lobbying activities.

Section 2-17-35. Lobbyist's principal's reporting of lobbying expenditures.

Section 2-17-40. Report of lobbying activities of state agency or department.

Section 2-17-45. Reports required of certain entities which rank or rate actions, votes or failures to act or vote of certain public officials.

Section 2-17-50. State Ethics Commission to enforce filing requirements of chapter and to assess civil or criminal penalties for failure to file; filing of required reports and payment of fine constitutes compliance; payment of fine without filing no...

Section 2-17-60. Duties of State Ethics Commission.

Section 2-17-65. Review of reports for compliance; audits of lobbyists and principals; procedure upon failure to file required information after notice.

Section 2-17-80. Acts prohibited of lobbyists; acts prohibited of public officials and employees; exceptions.

Section 2-17-90. Acts prohibited of lobbyists' principals; acts prohibited of public officials and employees; exceptions; disclosure requirements.

Section 2-17-100. Public officials and employees not to receive compensation for speaking before audiences; exception and rules for payment of expenses.

Section 2-17-110. Additional acts prohibited of lobbyists and lobbyists' principals, public officials, and public employees.

Section 2-17-120. Suspension of lobbyist upon indictment for violation of provision of this chapter.

Section 2-17-130. Penalties For violations of provisions of this chapter.

Section 2-17-140. Groundless allegations of violations to be stricken from public record; penalties for wilful filing of groundless complaint.

Section 2-17-150. Statute of limitations for prosecuting violation of provision of this chapter.