Bill Text: SC S0889 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Capital project sales tax act

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-06 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means [S0889 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2017-S0889-Comm_Sub.html

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED AND AMENDED

February 27, 2018

S. 889

Introduced by Senator Campbell

S. Printed 2/27/18--S.    [SEC 2/28/18 10:46 AM]

Read the first time January 11, 2018.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 4-10-330(A)(1) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE CONTENTS OF BALLOT QUESTIONS UNDER THE CAPITAL PROJECT SALES TAX ACT, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ORDINANCE MUST SPECIFY WHETHER THE PURPOSE OF THE TAX PROCEEDS WOULD INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND PURCHASES, AND SITE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 4-10-330(A)(1)(d) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(d)    water, sewer, or water and sewer public works projects, as well as infrastructure, as defined in Section 11-41-30(3)(a) and (b), for economic development projects;"

SECTION    2.    Article 3, Chapter 10, Title 4 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 4-10-390.    For any county which began the reimposition of a tax authorized by this article on April 1, 2013, and reimposed the tax at the 2016 General Election:

(1)    the reimposed tax that commenced on April 1, 2013, is extended until April 30, 2020; and

(2)    the commencement of the tax that was reimposed at the 2016 General Election is delayed until May 1, 2020, and expires on April 30, 2027."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.