(A) Unless provided by subsection (B) and in addition to the requirements of Chapter 17 of Title 2, a public official or public employee required to file a statement of economic interests under Section 8-13-1110 who accepts anything of value from a lobbyist's principal must report the value of anything received on his statement of economic interests pursuant to Section 8-13-1120(A)(9).
(B) A public official, public member, or public employee required to file a statement of economic interests under Section 8-13-1110 who receives, accepts, or takes, directly or indirectly, from a person, anything of value worth twenty-five dollars or more in a day and anything of value worth two hundred dollars or more in the aggregate in a calendar year must report on his statement of economic interests pursuant to Section 8-13-1120 the thing of value from:
(1) a person, if there is reason to believe the donor would not give the thing of value but for the public official's public member's, or public employee's office or position;
(2) a person, or from an officer or director of a person, if the public official, public member, or public employee has reason to believe the person:
(a) has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public official's, public member's, or public employee's governmental entity;
(b) conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the public official's, public member's, or public employee's governmental entity.
(C) Nothing in this section requires a public official, public member, or public employee to report a gift from a parent, grandparent, or relative to a child, grandchild, or other immediate family member for love and affection.
HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
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.