There is created a House of Representatives Legislative Ethics Committee and a Senate Legislative Ethics Committee. Each ethics committee is composed of six members. Terms are coterminous with the term for which members are elected to the House or Senate. Vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term in the manner of the original selection. The members of each ethics committee must be elected by the House or the Senate, as appropriate. One member of each ethics committee must be elected as chairman by a majority of the members of the ethics committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-510
Creation of ethics committees; committee membership; terms; filling vacancies
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case SC Coastal Council v. SC STATE ETHICS COMM. (1991)
Most recently applied in Rainey v. Haley (June 2013)
A former SECTION 8-13-510: [1981 Act No. 148, SECTION 4]; 1991 Act No. 248, SECTION 3, eff January 1, 1992 and governs only transactions which take place after December 31, 1991.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.