South Carolina § 8-13-365 - Electronic filing system for disclosures and reports; public accessibility.

§ 8-13-365. Electronic filing system for disclosures and reports; public accessibility.

The commission shall establish a system of electronic filing for all disclosures and reports required pursuant to Chapter 13, Title 8 and Chapter 17, Title 2 except for forms and reports required pursuant to Article 9, Chapter 13, Title 8. These disclosures and reports must be filed using an Internet-based filing system as prescribed by the commission. The information contained in the reports and disclosure forms, with the exception of social security numbers, campaign bank account numbers, and tax ID numbers, must be publicly accessible, searchable, and transferable.

HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 76, SECTION 16, eff November 3, 2004; 2010 Act No. 190, SECTION 1, eff May 28, 2010; 2013 Act No. 61, SECTION 7, eff June 25, 2013.

Editor's Note

2003 Act No. 76, SECTION 57, sets forth funding contingency and applicability provisions as follows:

". . . Sections 16 [adding SECTION 8-13-365] and 44 [amending SECTION 8-13-1358] take effect November 3, 2004, if funding is appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose, and apply to: (1) reports required to be filed with the commission after November 2, 2004, by candidates and committees for statewide offices, and (2) the forwarding of filings after November 2, 2004, to the commission by the Ethics Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to Section 8-13-365(A), and take effect January 2006 for these candidates and entities, notwithstanding the failure of the General Assembly to appropriate such funds for this purpose . . ."

2013 Act No. 61, SECTION 14, provides as follows:

"SECTION 14. This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first."

The amendment by 2013 Act No. 61 became effective June 25, 2013, see South Carolina Libertarian Party v. South Carolina State Election Com'n, 407 S.C. 612, 757 S.E.2d 707 (2014).