{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-2-20-360","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 2-20-360","heading":"Public hearing unnecessary; conditions.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, when there is no known opposition to a candidate, and there appears to be no substantial reason for having a public hearing, and no request is made by at least ten members of the House of Representatives and five members of the Senate for a public hearing, the commission chairman upon recommendation of the commission may determine that a public hearing is unnecessary and shall not be held, but no election shall be held prior to this determination.","path":["Title 2 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY","CHAPTER 20 Nonjudicial Screening and Election","ARTICLE 3 Joint Legislative Screening Commission"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t02c020.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:34Z","sha256":"199cec1ba76135fcdb742f53026e7d4d0c499ed625e5d362db1fa7625424a1d0","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-2-20-350","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-2-20-370"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}