2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
CHAPTER 13 - ETHICS, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, AND CAMPAIGN REFORM

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

• SECTION 8-13-10. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992.
• SECTION 8-13-20. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992.
• SECTION 8-13-100. Definitions.
• SECTION 8-13-110. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992.
• SECTION 8-13-120. Fee for education and training programs.
• SECTION 8-13-130. Levying enforcement or administrative fee on persons in violation; use of fee.
• SECTION 8-13-140. Retention of funds derived from additional assessments associated with late filing fees.
• SECTION 8-13-150. Carrying forward unexpended lobbyists and lobbyist's principals registration fees.
• SECTION 8-13-210 to 8-13-260. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992.

ARTICLE 3. STATE ETHICS COMMISSION

• SECTION 8-13-310. State Ethics Commission reconstituted; members; terms of office; officers; quorum requirements; meetings; per diem, mileage, and subsistence for members.
• SECTION 8-13-320. Duties and powers of State Ethics Commission.
• SECTION 8-13-325. Commission to retain fees.
• SECTION 8-13-330. Executive director of commission; restrictions on political activities of members, employees and staff of commission.
• SECTION 8-13-340. Annual report of commission.
• SECTION 8-13-350. Ethics brochure to be provided to public officials, members, and employees.
• SECTION 8-13-360. Statements and reports filed with commission open for public inspection and copying.
• SECTION 8-13-365. Electronic filing system for disclosures and reports; public accessibility.
• SECTION 8-13-410 to 8-13-500. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January, 1, 1992.

ARTICLE 5. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ETHICS COMMITTEES

• 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 8-13-540. Manner in which investigations and hearings shall be conducted; findings and reports of committees.
• SECTION 8-13-550. Consideration of report of committee by House or Senate; action thereon.
• SECTION 8-13-560. Suspension of House or Senate member under indictment for particular crime; removal upon conviction; reinstatement upon acquittal.
• SECTION 8-13-610 to 8-13-630. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992.

ARTICLE 7. RULES OF CONDUCT

• SECTION 8-13-700. Use of official position or office for financial gain; disclosure of potential conflict of interest.
• SECTION 8-13-705. Offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving anything of value to influence action of public employee, member or official, or to influence testimony of witness; exceptions; penalty for violation.
• SECTION 8-13-710. Reporting of particular gifts received by public employee, official, or member on statement of economic interests.
• SECTION 8-13-715. Speaking engagements of public officials, members or employees; only expense reimbursement permitted; authorization for reimbursement of out-of-state expenses.
• SECTION 8-13-720. Offering, soliciting, or receiving money for advice or assistance of public official, member or employee.
• SECTION 8-13-725. Use or disclosure of confidential information by public official, member, or employee for financial gain; examination of private records; penalties.
• SECTION 8-13-730. Membership on or employment by regulatory agency of person associated with regulated business.
• SECTION 8-13-735. Participation in decision affecting personal economic interests by one employed by and serving on governing body of governmental entity.
• SECTION 8-13-740. Representation of another by a public official, member, or employee before a governmental entity.
• SECTION 8-13-745. Paid representation of clients and contracting by member of General Assembly or associate in particular situations.
• SECTION 8-13-750. Employment, promotion, advancement, or discipline of family member of public official, member, or employee.
• SECTION 8-13-755. Restrictions on former public official, member, or employee serving as lobbyist or accepting employment in field of former service.
• SECTION 8-13-760. Employment by government contractor of former public official, member, or employee who was engaged in procurement.
• SECTION 8-13-765. Use of government personnel or facilities for campaign purposes; government personnel permitted to work on campaigns on own time.
• SECTION 8-13-770. Members of General Assembly prohibited from serving on state boards and commissions; exceptions.
• SECTION 8-13-775. Public official, member, or employee with official function related to contracts not permitted to have economic interest in contracts.
• SECTION 8-13-780. Remedies for breaches of ethical standards by public officials, members, or employees.
• SECTION 8-13-785. Communication by elected official with state board or commission on behalf of constituent.
• SECTION 8-13-790. Recovery of amounts received by official or employee in breach of ethical standards; recovery of kickbacks.
• SECTION 8-13-795. Receipt of award, grant, or scholarship by public official or family member.
• SECTION 8-13-810 to 8-13-850. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992.

ARTICLE 9. FORMS AND REPORTS BY CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

• SECTION 8-13-910. Candidates elected or consented to by General Assembly to file statements of economic interests; authority with whom to file.
• 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 8-13-1010. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992.
• SECTION 8-13-1015. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992.
• SECTION 8-13-1020. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992.

ARTICLE 11. DISCLOSURE OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS

• SECTION 8-13-1110. Persons required to file statement of economic interests.
• SECTION 8-13-1120. Contents of statement of economic interests.
• SECTION 8-13-1125. Exception to reporting requirement for events to which entire legislative body invited.
• SECTION 8-13-1127. Legislative invitations committees to keep records of invitations accepted; public inspection.
• 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 8-13-1160. Forwarding of copies of statement to State Ethics Commission and filing person's county of residence.
• SECTION 8-13-1170. Technical violations of disclosure requirements; extensions of time for filing statements.
• SECTION 8-13-1180. Soliciting of contributions by elective official or agent from employees; favoritism by public official or employee towards employees making contributions.

ARTICLE 13. CAMPAIGN PRACTICES

• SECTION 8-13-1300. Definitions.
• SECTION 8-13-1302. Maintenance of records of contributions, contributors, and expenditures.
• SECTION 8-13-1304. Committees receiving and spending funds to influence elections required to file statement of organization.
• 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 8-13-1310. Recipients of certified campaign reports and copies thereof; State Ethics Commission review.
• SECTION 8-13-1312. Campaign bank accounts.
• SECTION 8-13-1314. Campaign contribution limits and restrictions.
• SECTION 8-13-1316. Restrictions on campaign contributions received from political parties; exception for multi-candidate promotions.
• SECTION 8-13-1318. Acceptance of contributions to retire campaign debt; limits; reporting requirements.
• SECTION 8-13-1320. Contributions within specified period after primary, special, or general election attributed to that primary or election.
• 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 8-13-1331. Solicitation of contributions by corporations from shareholders, executive personnel, and certain related corporate entities.
• SECTION 8-13-1332. Unlawful contributions and expenditures.
• SECTION 8-13-1333. Soliciting contributions from the general public.
• SECTION 8-13-1334. Certain solicitation of contributions by corporations and organizations from employees not unlawful.
• SECTION 8-13-1336. Accepting or soliciting contributions on State Capitol grounds or in official residence prohibited; exception for contributions by mail.
• SECTION 8-13-1338. Persons prohibited from soliciting contributions.
• SECTION 8-13-1340. Restrictions on contributions by one candidate to another; committees established, financed, maintained, or controlled by a candidate.
• SECTION 8-13-1342. Restrictions on contributions by contractor to candidate who participated in awarding of contract.
• SECTION 8-13-1344. Contributions by public utilities; seeking endorsement in return for contribution; discrimination by employers based on contributions; reimbursement for contributions.
• SECTION 8-13-1346. Use of public funds, property, or time to influence election prohibited; exceptions.
• SECTION 8-13-1348. Use of campaign funds for personal expenses; expenditures more than twenty-five dollars; expenditures not to exceed fair market value; petty cash funds.
• SECTION 8-13-1350. Prohibition of use of funds for campaign for one office to further candidacy of same person for different office.
• SECTION 8-13-1352. Exception to prohibition of use of funds for campaign for one office to further candidacy of same person for different office.
• SECTION 8-13-1354. Identification of person independently paying for election-related communication; exemptions.
• 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 8-13-1362. Filing of statement of inactivity by candidate or committee having no contributions or expenditures to report.
• SECTION 8-13-1364. Sending of notice of obligation to report and forms.
• SECTION 8-13-1366. Public availability of certified campaign reports.
• SECTION 8-13-1368. Termination of campaign filing requirements; dissolution of committees; final report.