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H. 4444
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Taylor, Bowen, Knight, Leach, Littlejohn, Mahaffey and Williams
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\10173htc08.doc
Introduced in the House on January 9, 2008
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: August sales tax holiday
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/9/2008 House Introduced and read first time HJ-74
1/9/2008 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-74
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 12-36-2120, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO MOVE THE DATE OF THE ANNUAL AUGUST SALES TAX HOLIDAY TO THE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY BEFORE THE THIRD MONDAY IN AUGUST.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 12-36-2120(57)(a) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 145 of 2005, is further amended to read:
"(a) sales taking place during a the three-day period beginning 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday before the third Monday in August and ending at twelve midnight the following Sunday of:
(i) clothing;
(ii) clothing accessories including, but not limited to, hats, scarves, hosiery, and handbags;
(iii) footwear;
(iv) school supplies including, but not limited to, pens, pencils, paper, binders, notebooks, books, bookbags, lunchboxes, and calculators;
(v) computers, printers and printer supplies, and computer software;
(vi) bath wash clothes, blankets, bed spreads, bed linens, sheet sets, comforter sets, bath towels, shower curtains, bath rugs and mats, pillows, and pillow cases."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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