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H. 3174
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. McEachern
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22705zw11.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3082, 3171
Introduced in the House on January 11, 2011
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Local hospitality tax revenues
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/7/2010 House Prefiled
12/7/2010 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/11/2011 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 71)
1/11/2011 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
(House Journal-page 71)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-730, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE USES ALLOWED FOR LOCAL HOSPITALITY TAX REVENUES, SO AS TO ALLOW THE GOVERNING BODY OF A MUNICIPALITY AND A COUNTY BY ORDINANCE TO USE NOT MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF THE REVENUES OF THE LOCAL HOSPITALITY TAX IMPOSED BY THE COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY FOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 6-1-730 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 290 of 2010, is further amended by adding a new subsection at the end to read:
"(C) Notwithstanding the limit on uses allowed for the revenues of the hospitality tax imposed pursuant to this article, the governing body of a municipality and a county by ordinance may provide that not more than fifty percent of the revenues of the local hospitality tax imposed by the municipality and the county may be used for transportation needs."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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