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Section
8-13-100
Definitions.
Section
8-13-120
Fee for education and training programs.
Section
8-13-130
Levying enforcement or administrative fees on persons in violation; use of fees and costs.
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
8-13-310
State Ethics Commission reconstituted; appointment of members; terms of office; officers; quorum requirements; meetings; per diem, mileage, and subsistence for members; removal.
Section
8-13-320
Duties and powers of State Ethics Commission.
Section
8-13-322
Prohibited contacts during pendency of investigation or open complaint.
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
8-13-510
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
8-13-535
Issuance of ethics advisory opinions.
Section
8-13-540
Manner in which investigations and hearings are conducted; findings and reports of committees.
Section
8-13-550
Consideration of report of committee by House or Senate; action; public record.
Section
8-13-560
Suspension of House or Senate member under indictment for particular crime; removal upon conviction; reinstatement upon acquittal.
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
8-13-910
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
8-13-1110
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.
Section
8-13-1300
Definitions.
Section
8-13-1301
Joint candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor considered a single candidate.
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.
Section
8-13-1370
Use of unexpended contributions by candidate after election; distribution of unexpended funds of committee.
Section
8-13-1371
Use of contributions for unintended purposes by ballot measure committee; written authorization; distribution of seized funds.
Section
8-13-1372
Technical violations of rules on campaign reports.
Section
8-13-1373
Fiscal Accountability Authority to defend State after refusal by Attorney General; selection of counsel; management of litigation.
Section
8-13-1374
Richland County designated as site of failure to file.
Section
8-13-1510
Civil and criminal penalties for late filing of or failure to file report or statement required by this chapter.
Section
8-13-1520
Violation of chapter constitutes misdemeanor; violation not necessarily ethical infraction.