South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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S. 1013

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Malloy
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\26077dg14.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 6, 2014
Introduced in the House on March 25, 2014
Currently residing in the House Darlington Delegation

Summary: Darlington County School District

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    2/6/2014  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 11)
   2/19/2014  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 28)
   3/20/2014  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 19)
   3/25/2014  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 19)
   3/25/2014  House   Referred to Darlington Delegation (House Journal-page 19)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/6/2014
2/6/2014-A

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INTRODUCED

February 6, 2014

S. 1013

Introduced by Senator Malloy

L. Printed 2/6/14--S.

Read the first time February 6, 2014.

            

A BILL

TO PROVIDE THAT IF, AFTER CLOSING THE BOOKS, THE DARLINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS IN ITS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE MORE THAN FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS, THEN THE COUNTY AUDITOR MUST GRANT A SCHOOL DEBT PROPERTY TAX CREDIT, AND IF ANY EXCESS REMAINS, A SCHOOL PROPERTY TAX CREDIT, AND TO PROVIDE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CREDIT IS CALCULATED.

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

SECTION    1.    (A)    Upon closing the books on a fiscal year, if the Darlington County School District has in its unassigned fund balance more than fifteen million dollars, the school district must notify the county auditor of the amount in its unassigned fund balance in excess of fifteen million dollars by September first.

(B)    In preparing property tax notices that are due without penalty by the next January fifteenth, the county auditor must grant each taxpayer a nonrefundable school debt property tax credit which, in the aggregate, equals the excess amount, or the total amount owed for debt service, whichever is less. The amount of the credit must be granted on a pro rata basis based on the amount the taxpayer otherwise owes for school debt service when compared to the total amount owed for school debt service in the school district.

(C)    After the granting of the school debt property tax credit, if any amounts remain in excess of fifteen million dollars, the county auditor must grant each taxpayer paying school operating taxes a nonrefundable school property tax credit, which in the aggregate, equals the remaining excess amount. The amount of the credit must be granted on a pro rata basis based on the amount the taxpayer otherwise owes in school operating taxes when compared to the total amount owed in school operating taxes in the school district.

(D)    The tax bill must show each credit separately from any other credit.

(E)    For purposes of this section, "unassigned fund balance" means all unreserved accounts which are not designated for any specific purpose.

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and first applies to the closing of Fiscal Year 2013-2014.

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