S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-365
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.
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, Sections 11, 14, provide as follows:
"SECTION 11. In order to educate various parties regarding the provisions contained in this act, the following notifications must be made:
"(1) The State Election Commission must notify each county election commission of the provisions of this act.
"(2) The State Election Commission must post the provisions of this act on its website.
"(3) Each state party executive committee must notify their respective county executive parties of the provisions of this act."
"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).
The 2010 amendment in subsection (A), in the first sentence, deleted reference to Article 13, added reference to Chapter 17, Title 2, and substituted "persons" for "candidates"; in the second sentence, deleted "for candidates and committees for statewide offices" before "reports"; in the fourth sentence, substituted "reports and disclosure forms" for "campaign disclosure form"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
The 2013 amendment deleted the subsection designators, substituted "except for forms and reports required pursuant to Article 9, Chapter 13, Title 8" for "from all persons and entities subject to its jurisdiction", deleted the former third sentence relating to Ethics Committees, and deleted former subsection (B) relating to the Ethics Commission.