Bill Text: SC H4385 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: County and municipality budgets
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-14 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pitts [H4385 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-H4385-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-83 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY FROM ADOPTING A BUDGET IN WHICH THE TOTAL PROJECTED REVENUE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR INCLUDES REVENUES ATTRIBUTABLE TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, AND TO PROHIBIT THE APPROPRIATION OF SUCH REVENUES IN THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH IT IS COLLECTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 6 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 6-1-83. A county or municipality may not adopt a budget in which the total projected revenue for the upcoming fiscal year includes revenues attributable to traffic violations in the upcoming fiscal year. Further, revenues attributable to traffic violations may not be appropriated in the fiscal year in which the revenue is collected."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor, and first applies to any county or municipal budget adopted thereafter.
