South Carolina § 8-13-1314 - Campaign contribution limits and restrictions.
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§ 8-13-1314. Campaign contribution limits and restrictions.
(A) Within an election cycle, a candidate or anyone acting on his behalf shall not solicit or accept, and a person shall not give or offer to give to a candidate or person acting on the candidate's behalf:
(1) a contribution which exceeds:
(a) three thousand five hundred dollars in the case of a candidate for statewide office; or
(b) three thousand five hundred dollars in the aggregate for statewide candidates elected jointly pursuant to Section 8, Article IV of the South Carolina Constitution, 1895; or
(c) one thousand dollars in the case of a candidate for any other office;
(2) a cash contribution from an individual unless the cash contribution does not exceed twenty-five dollars and is accompanied by a record of the amount of the contribution and the name and address of the contributor;
(3) a contribution from, whether directly or indirectly, a registered lobbyist if that lobbyist engages in lobbying the public office or public body for which the candidate is seeking election;
(4) contributions for two elective offices simultaneously, except as provided in Section 8-13-1318.
(B) The restrictions on contributions in subsection (A)(1) and (2) do not apply to a candidate making a contribution to his own campaign.
HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 248, SECTION 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991; 2003 Act No. 76, SECTION 38, eff November 3, 2004; 2018 Act No. 142 (H.4977), SECTION 5, eff March 15, 2018.
Effect of Amendment
2018 Act No. 142, SECTION 5, in (A), substituted "a candidate or anyone acting on his behalf shall not solicit or accept, and a person shall not give" for "no candidate or anyone acting on his behalf shall solicit or accept, and no person shall give", inserted (A)(1)(b), and redesignated former (A)(1)(b) as (A)(1)(c); and in (B), substituted "subsection (A)(1) and (2)" for "subsections (A)(1) and (A)(2)".
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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