South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 934

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Thomas and Verdin
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\10211cm08.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 8, 2008
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance

Summary: Private passenger motor vehicles

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/12/2007  Senate  Prefiled
  12/12/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance
    1/8/2008  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-69
    1/8/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-69

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/12/2007

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-2645, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE" AS IT RELATES TO THE ASSESSMENT RATIO FOR DETERMINING THE ASSESSED VALUE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT APPLIES TO PICKUP TRUCKS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 12-37-2645 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 333 of 2006, is amended to read:

"Section 12-37-2645.    For purposes of determining the appropriate assessment ratio used in the calculation of the assessed value of a motor vehicle and for defining those motor vehicles subject to the assessment ratios provided in Section 1(8)(B)(a) of Article X of the Constitution of this State, the definition of 'private passenger motor vehicle' provided in Section 56-3-630 applies except that in the case of pickup trucks, the empty weight and gross weight limits provided in that definition are increased respectively to nine thousand pounds or less and eleven thousand pounds or less and the definition is deemed to include motorcycles."

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

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