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

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

An entity which ranks or rates the actions, vote, or failure to act or vote of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, or a member or committee of the General Assembly as to any action, vote, or failure to act or vote by these public officials and which disseminates its rankings or ratings to the general public must no later than April first of each year file a report with the State Ethics Commission. The provisions of this section do not apply to an entity whose primary business is the publication of a newspaper or other periodical or the production of electronic media programming or to a private membership organization which disseminates its rankings or ratings only to its own membership. The entity shall file the report on a form prescribed by the State Ethics Commission which must contain the full name, address, and telephone number of:

(1) the entity;

(2) each officer and director of the entity;

(3) each member of the entity who is a member of the General Assembly; and

(4) each member of the entity who is a lobbyist or a lobbyist's principal.

HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, SECTION 2.