2018 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
CHAPTER 13 - ETHICS, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, AND CAMPAIGN REFORM
Section 8-13-1338. Persons prohibited from soliciting contributions.
(A) The following persons personally may not solicit, verbally or in writing, a contribution to a candidate:
(1) a law enforcement officer while in uniform;
(2) a judge or candidate for judicial office;
(3) a solicitor, an assistant solicitor, or an investigator in a solicitor's office;
(4) the Attorney General, a deputy attorney general, an assistant attorney general, or an investigator in the Attorney General's office.
(B) The restrictions of subsection (A) on solicitation of contributions do not apply to:
(1) a candidate soliciting a contribution to his own campaign; or
(2) a part-time assistant solicitor.
(C) A law enforcement officer while in uniform may not solicit a contribution to any political party or candidate.
HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, Section 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
