Current Status Bill Number:4366 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980113 Primary Sponsor:Knotts All Sponsors:Knotts, Cotty, Littlejohn, Stille and Riser Drafted Document Number:jic\5064htc.98 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:Coin-operated devices, counties may extend maximum ten percent add-on license fee; Gambling, Taxation
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19980113 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee House 19971210 Prefiled, referred to Committee 30 HWMView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTION 12-21-2720, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LICENSE TAX ON COIN-OPERATED MACHINES AND DEVICES, SO AS TO EXTEND THE MAXIMUM TEN PERCENT "ADD-ON" COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL LICENSE FEE ON COIN-OPERATED DEVICES WITH A FREE PLAY FEATURE TO THE ENTIRE FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR BIENNIAL STATE LICENSE TAX RATHER THAN A MAXIMUM TEN PERCENT OF THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Subsections (B) and (D) of Section 12-21-2720 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 54, Part II, Act 155 of 1997, is further amended to read:
"(B) No municipality may limit the number of machines within the boundaries of the municipality. A municipality may by ordinance impose a license fee on machines licensed pursuant to subsection (A)(3) of this section in an amount not exceeding ten percent of three thousand six hundred dollars of the license fee imposed pursuant to subsection (A) for the equivalent license period.
(D) A county may by ordinance impose a license fee on machines licensed pursuant to subsection (A)(3) of this section located in an unincorporated area of the county in an amount not exceeding ten percent of three thousand six hundred dollars of the license fee imposed pursuant to subsection (A) for the equivalent license period."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.