S.C. officials have no plans to investigate allegations that state Sen. Dick Elliott used his influence to control development and finances in the town of Atlantic Beach, the chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee said Tuesday.

"There is no investigation," said Sen. Wes Hayes, the committee's chairman. "The allegations that we looked into were not ethics violations that would have fallen under our jurisdiction, and no formal complaint was ever filed. As far as we're concerned, that's the end of the matter."

Elliott has denied the allegations, which were part of an Oct. 14 letter Atlantic Beach Town Councilwoman Delores Wilson wrote to Hayes, Gov. Mark Sanford, other legislatures and the media. That letter said Elliott, D-North Myrtle Beach, used political influence to get state agencies to interfere with the town's operations.

Wilson's allegations "were denied by the people who were involved in the agencies that were mentioned," Elliott said Tuesday.

Elliott declined to elaborate and wouldn't say whether he plans to take any action against Wilson.

"That would be a private matter," he said.

Wilson said she was intimidated by the ethics committee's staff and decided not to pursue the ethics complaint because she didn't think she could get a fair hearing.

"They [the committee's staff] tried to make me feel like I was being the troublemaker and that Mr. Elliott was the victim," Wilson said.

Wilson said she will try to get another state agency to investigate the allegations against Elliott.

"This is not a dead issue," she said.

Wilson's letter outlined six instances of what she alleges are examples that Elliott used his position to influence matters in Atlantic Beach, including asking state agencies to overlook alleged misuse of state funds, having agencies investigate alleged labor-law and construction violations by the town and town officials, and having state officials interfere with the town's law-enforcement personnel.

Elliott has said none of the allegations is true. Elliott's spokeswoman in October called Wilson's letter an election-year stunt. Elliott has served as a state senator since 1993 and was re-elected in November. He previously spent 10 years in the state House of Representatives.