Current Status Bill Number:718 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950411 Primary Sponsor:Leventis All Sponsors:Leventis Drafted Document Number:jic\5712htc.95 Companion Bill Number:3917 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Finance Committee 06 SF Subject:Alternative motor fuel
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 12-27-440 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TOTAL COMBINED TAX PROVIDED FOR IN SECTIONS 12-27-230, 12-27-240, AND 12-27-1210 MUST BE SIXTEEN CENTS PER 125,070 BRITISH THERMAL UNITS FOR ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUEL.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 12-27-440. The total combined tax provided for in Sections 12-27-230, 12-27-240, and 12-27-1210 must be sixteen cents per 125,070 British thermal units for alternative motor fuels. As used in this section, `alternative motor fuels' means propane (liquefied petroleum gas), natural gas, electricity, and fuel mixtures containing at least seventy percent ethanol or methanol."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.