(A) Upon the receipt or expenditure of campaign contributions or the making of independent expenditures totaling, in an accumulated aggregate, two thousand five hundred dollars or more, a ballot measure committee required to file a statement of organization pursuant to Section 8-13-1304(B) must file an initial certified campaign report within ten days of these initial receipts or expenditures.
(B) Following the filing of an initial certified campaign report, additional certified campaign reports must be filed within ten days following the end of each calendar quarter in which contributions are received or expenditures are made, whether before or after a ballot measure election until the campaign account undergoes final disbursement pursuant to the provisions of Section 8-13-1370(C).
(C) At least fifteen days before a ballot measure election, a certified campaign report must be filed showing contributions of more than one hundred dollars and expenditures to or by the ballot measure committee for the period ending twenty days before the ballot measure election. The ballot measure committee must maintain a current list during the period before the ballot measure election commencing at the beginning of the calendar quarter of the election of all contributions of more than one hundred dollars. The list must be open to public inspection upon request.
(D) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (B) and (C), if a pre-election campaign report provided for in subsection (C) is required to be filed within thirty days of the end of the prior quarter, a ballot measure committee must combine the quarterly report provided for in subsection (B) and the pre-election report and file the combined report subject to the provisions of subsection (C) no later than fifteen days before the ballot measure election.
(E) Certified campaign reports detailing campaign contributions and expenditures must contain:
(1) the total amount of contributions accepted by the ballot measure committee;
(2) the name and address of each person making a contribution of more than one hundred dollars and the amount and date of receipt of each contribution;
(3) the total amount of expenditures made by or on behalf of the ballot measure committee; and
(4) the name and address of each person to whom an expenditure is made from campaign funds, including the date, amount, purpose, and beneficiary of the expenditure.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 76, Section 35, eff November 3, 2004.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 13 - Ethics, Government Accountability, And Campaign Reform
Section 8-13-100. Definitions.
Section 8-13-120. Fee for education and training programs.
Section 8-13-150. Carrying forward unexpended lobbyists and lobbyist's principals registration fees.
Section 8-13-320. Duties and powers of State Ethics Commission.
Section 8-13-322. Prohibited contacts during pendency of investigation or open complaint.
Section 8-13-325. Commission to retain fees.
Section 8-13-340. Annual report of commission.
Section 8-13-350. Ethics brochure to be provided to public officials, members, and employees.
Section 8-13-365. Electronic filing system for disclosures and reports; public accessibility.
Section 8-13-510. Creation of ethics committees; committee membership; terms; filling vacancies.
Section 8-13-520. Duty to recommend changes in ethics laws and rules.
Section 8-13-530. Additional powers and duties of committee.
Section 8-13-535. Issuance of ethics advisory opinions.
Section 8-13-550. Consideration of report of committee by House or Senate; action; public record.
Section 8-13-795. Receipt of award, grant, or scholarship by public official or family member.
Section 8-13-920. Report of campaign expenditures.
Section 8-13-930. Seeking or offering pledges of votes for candidates.
Section 8-13-935. Public Service Commission election requirements; violations and penalties.
Section 8-13-1110. Persons required to file statement of economic interests.
Section 8-13-1120. Contents of statement of economic interests.
Section 8-13-1130. Report on names of, and purchases by, lobbyists.
Section 8-13-1140. Filing of updated statement.
Section 8-13-1150. Filing of statement by certain consultants.
Section 8-13-1300. Definitions.
Section 8-13-1302. Maintenance of records of contributions, contributors, and expenditures.
Section 8-13-1306. Contents of statement of organization.
Section 8-13-1308. Filing of certified campaign reports by candidates and committees.
Section 8-13-1309. Certified campaign reports; filing; contents.
Section 8-13-1312. Campaign bank accounts.
Section 8-13-1314. Campaign contribution limits and restrictions.
Section 8-13-1322. Dollar limits on contributions to committees.
Section 8-13-1324. Anonymous campaign contributions.
Section 8-13-1326. Loans to candidates considered contributions; limitations; exceptions.
Section 8-13-1328. Limits on repayment of loans from candidate or family members to campaign.
Section 8-13-1330. Contributions by spouses or parent and child.
Section 8-13-1332. Unlawful contributions and expenditures.
Section 8-13-1333. Soliciting contributions from the general public.
Section 8-13-1338. Persons prohibited from soliciting contributions.
Section 8-13-1356. Economic interests statements, filing deadlines for particular candidates.
Section 8-13-1358. Format of certified campaign reports.
Section 8-13-1360. Contribution and expenditure reporting form; contents.
Section 8-13-1364. Sending of notice of obligation to report and forms.
Section 8-13-1366. Public availability of certified campaign reports.
Section 8-13-1372. Technical violations of rules on campaign reports.
Section 8-13-1374. Richland County designated as site of failure to file.