2009-2010 Bill 3045: Lobbyist - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 118th Session, 2009-2010 3 4 H. 3045 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Reps. Merrill, Wylie, G.M. Smith, Bingham, Umphlett, Hamilton, E.H. Pitts, Toole and 10 Millwood 11 Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7044zw09.docx 12 13 Introduced in the House on January 13, 2009 14 Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary 15 16 Summary: Lobbyist 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 12/9/2008 House Prefiled 23 12/9/2008 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary 24 1/13/2009 House Introduced and read first time HJ32 25 1/13/2009 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ32 26 1/28/2009 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: E.H.Pitts 27 2/12/2009 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Toole 28 5/14/2009 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Millwood 29 30 31 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 32 33 12/9/2008 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 12 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 21755 SO AS TO PROHIBIT 13 THE USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO EMPLOY OR 14 CONTRACT WITH A PERSON WHOSE ACTIVITIES 15 INCLUDE THOSE RELATED TO LOBBYING AND TO 16 PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS. 17 18 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 19 Carolina: 20 21 SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by 22 adding: 23 24 “Section 21755. It is unlawful for a state agency, 25 instrumentality, or department to expend appropriated funds in 26 order to employ or contract with a lobbyist as defined in Section 27 21710(13). The provisions of this section do not include: 28 (1) appearances by the administrative head of a state agency, 29 instrumentality, or department before a public body by specific 30 request; 31 (2) authorized employees of the General Assembly, Office of 32 the Governor, the Supreme Court, the State Budget and Control 33 Board, the Commission on Higher Education, or the Department of 34 Revenue, whose duties are to assess the impact of proposals which 35 affect the administration of state government.” 36 37 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 38 Governor. 39 XX 40

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