South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 216

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Richardson
Document Path: l:\s-res\shr\001scho.mrh.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 9, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: School district's budget and tax levy

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/13/2006  Senate  Prefiled
  12/13/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education
    1/9/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-127
    1/9/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education SJ-127

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/13/2006

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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 17, TITLE 59 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE, BY ADDING SECTION 59-17-160, TO REQUIRE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S BUDGET AND TAX LEVY FOR GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES MUST BE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY GOVERNING BODY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO PROVIDE THAT THIS SECTION DOES NOT AFFECT LIMITATIONS ON THE INCREASE IN MILLAGE OR THE BUDGET ALREADY PROVIDED BY LAW FOR A PARTICULAR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN APPROVAL PROCESS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 17, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-17-160.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district must obtain the approval of, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the county governing body of the county in which the school district is located for the school district's annual budget for school operating purposes and annual tax levy for school operating purposes. For any school district that is located in more than one county, the district must obtain the approval of each county governing body for that portion of the budget and tax levy to support school operations in that county. This provision does not amend any other provision of law that provides the county governing body the authority to determine the annual budget or tax levy for any school district located within the county. This provision does not amend any provision of law that requires the approval of the qualified electors of any school district due to a limit on the amount of millage increase over the previous year or limit on the percentage increase in the amount of the school operating budget over the previous year, or any other similar limitation."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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