S 18 Session 112 (1997-1998)
S 0018 General Bill, By Courson, Fair, Giese, Passailaigue and Setzler
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 11-11-440, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
RELATING TO THE LIMITATION ON TAX INCREASES AND NEW TAXES, SO AS TO REQUIRE
THAT ANY GENERAL TAX INCREASE OR THE IMPOSITION OF NEW GENERAL TAX MUST BE
ENACTED BY A VOTE OF AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE, AND TO
PROVIDE THAT THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO TAXES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 13 OF ARTICLE X, OR TO PROVISIONS IN AN ACT TO BRING THE
STATE INCOME TAX PROVISIONS OF THE 1976 CODE, AS AMENDED, INTO CONFORMITY WITH
THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX CODE.
01/14/97 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-91
01/14/97 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-91
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 11-11-440, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LIMITATION ON TAX
INCREASES AND NEW TAXES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT
ANY GENERAL TAX INCREASE OR THE IMPOSITION OF
NEW GENERAL TAX MUST BE ENACTED BY A VOTE OF AT
LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE,
AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY
TO TAXES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 13 OF ARTICLE X, OR TO PROVISIONS IN AN ACT
TO BRING THE STATE INCOME TAX PROVISIONS OF THE
1976 CODE, AS AMENDED, INTO CONFORMITY WITH THE
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CODE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 11-11-440 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"(A) The General Assembly may not provide for any general
tax increase or enact new general taxes in the permanent provisions
of the State General Appropriation Act or acts supplemental
thereto;. and any such Any general
tax increases or new general taxes must be enacted only by separate
act passed by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each
house.
(B) General tax increases and new general taxes as used in this
section mean tax increases and new taxes which apply to over fifty
percent of the population as a whole. This section does not apply
to taxes required pursuant to the provisions of Section 13 of Article
X of the South Carolina Constitution or to provisions of an act
necessary to bring state income tax provisions, into conformity with
the federal income tax code."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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