2017-2018 Bill 3512: Judges - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly

122nd Session, 2017-2018

H. 3512

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Reps. McCravy, Martin, D.C.Moss, Pope, Pitts, West, Magnuson, Yow and Hill

Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\7083ahb17.docx

Companion/Similar bill(s): 4042

Introduced in the House on January 18, 2017

Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Judges

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number

1/18/2017 House Introduced and read first time (House Journalpage11)

1/18/2017 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journalpage11)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/18/2017

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 219130 SO AS TO REQUIRE A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHO RECEIVED A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM A JUDICIAL CANDIDATE OR A FAMILY MEMBER OF A JUDICIAL CANDIDATE WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS OF THE ELECTION TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM VOTING ON THAT PARTICULAR JUDICIAL SEAT, AND TO REQUIRE A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM VOTING FOR A SPOUSE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

“Section 219130. (A) For purposes of this section, ‘contribution’ and ‘family member’ mean as they are defined in Section 813100.

(B) A member of the General Assembly who knowingly received a campaign contribution from a judicial candidate, or a family member of a judicial candidate, within the previous twelve months of the judicial election must recuse himself from voting on that particular judicial seat. Judicial candidates are responsible for notifying individual members of the General Assembly in writing when they become aware that a family member has made such a contribution. In addition, a member of the General Assembly must recuse himself from voting in the election of a judicial seat in which his spouse is a judicial candidate.”

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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