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Bill 4564

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4564
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020123
Primary Sponsor:                  White
All Sponsors:                     White, Trotter, Robinson and Townsend
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\bbm\10664htc02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM
Date of Last Amendment:           20020424
Subject:                          Motor vehicles, no service or user fee 
                                  may be imposed by a local governing body on


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020501  Recommitted to Committee               30 HWM
House   20020424  Amended, debate interrupted
House   20020417  Request for debate by Representative           Cobb-
                                                                 Hunter
                                                                 Ott
                                                                 Miller
                                                                 Battle
                                                                 J.M. Neal
                                                                 Breeland
                                                                 Snow
                                                                 McLeod
                                                                 Trotter
                                                                 Cooper
                                                                 White
                                                                 Sandifer
                                                                 Townsend
                                                                 Bales
                                                                 Keegan
House   20020411  Committee report: Favorable with       30 HWM
                  amendment
House   20020129  Committed to Committee                 30 HWM
House   20020123  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference


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Revised on January 23, 2002 - Word format
Revised on April 11, 2002 - Word format
Revised on April 24, 2002 - Word format

AMENDED--NOT PRINTED IN THE HOUSE

Amt. No. 1 (Council\nbd\amend\11545ac02)

April 24, 2002

    H. 4564

S. Printed 4/11/02--H.

Read the first time January 23, 2002.

TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES TO IMPOSE A SERVICE OR USER FEE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER 2000, NO SERVICE OR USER FEE MAY BE IMPOSED BY A LOCAL GOVERNING BODY ON MOTOR VEHICLES.

    Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 6-1-330 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 138 of 1997, is amended by adding a new subsection at the end to read:

    "(D)    Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, after December 31, 2001, a local governing body may not impose a new service or user fee on motor vehicles or increase an existing service or user fee unless the increase or imposition of the fee is approved by the electors in a referendum at the next general election. Additionally, the revenue generated from the increase in the fee or the new fee must be dedicated for a specific purpose and credited to an account separate and distinct from the general fund of the local governing body for this purpose. This subsection does not prohibit the imposition of motor vehicle service or user fees pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted before 2002, and it does not prohibit the reauthorization, by the same manner the fee was originally imposed, of a motor vehicle service or user fee that was in place before 2002."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and no refund is due any fee payer for fees paid pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted in 2002 before the effective date of this act.

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