Bill 3059

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    3059
Ratification Number:            210
Act Number:                     128
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19970114
Primary Sponsor:                Inabinett 
All Sponsors:                   Inabinett, Altman, Lloyd and
                                Moody-Lawrence
Drafted Document Number:        PT\2744HTC.97
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19970605
Date of Last Amendment:         19970429
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19970611
Subject:                        Property tax classification,
                                agricultural; seafood processing
                                facilities; assessments

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19970630  Act No. A128
------  19970611  Signed by Governor
------  19970609  Ratified R210
Senate  19970605  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  19970527  Read second time, notice of
                  general amendments
Senate  19970521  Committee report: Favorable              06 SF
Senate  19970501  Introduced, read first time,             06 SF
                  referred to Committee
House   19970430  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19970429  Amended, read second time
House   19970429  Request for debate by Representative             Kirsh
House   19970417  Committee report: Favorable with         30 HWM
                  amendment
House   19970114  Introduced, read first time,             30 HWM
                  referred to Committee
House   19961211  Prefiled, referred to Committee          30 HWM

(A128, R210, H3059)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-43-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROPERTY TAX, SO AS TO INCLUDE A DOCKSIDE FACILITY PRIMARILY USED FOR LANDING AND PROCESSING SEAFOOD WITHIN THE CLASSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURAL REAL PROPERTY.

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

Agricultural property

SECTION 1. Section 12-43-220(d) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 406 of 1994, is further amended by adding at the end:

"(5) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, a dockside facility whose primary use is the landing and processing of seafood is considered agricultural real property."

Time effective

SECTION 2. Upon approval by the Governor, this act is effective for tax years beginning after 1996.

Approved the 11th day of June, 1997.