{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-8-13-1304","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1304","heading":"Committees receiving and spending funds to influence elections required to file statement of organization.","body":"(A) A committee, except an out-of-state committee, which receives or expends more than five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle to influence the outcome of an elective office must file a statement of organization with the State Ethics Commission no later than five days after receiving the contribution or making the expenditure. An out-of-state committee which expends more than five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle to influence the outcome of an elective office must file a statement of organization with the State Ethics Commission no later than five days after making the expenditure.\n(B) A ballot measure committee, except an out-of-state ballot measure committee, which receives or expends more than two thousand five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle to influence the outcome of a ballot measure must file a statement of organization with the State Ethics Commission no later than five days after receiving the contribution or making the expenditure. An out-of-state ballot measure committee which expends more than two thousand five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle to influence the outcome of a ballot measure must file a statement of organization with the State Ethics Commission no later than five days after making the expenditure.","path":["Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 13 Ethics, Government Accountability, and Campaign Reform","ARTICLE 13 Campaign Practices"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t08c013.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:28:14Z","sha256":"b129a5f1e4f9c89ce96da123141a2909f2cbafc6ab1297991891a2493886de4d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-8-13-1302","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-8-13-1306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}