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H. 3045
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Felder, Simrill and Southard
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18445dg15.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 444, 1189, 5076
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Job tax credit
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/11/2014 House Prefiled
12/11/2014 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/13/2015 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 76)
1/13/2015 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
(House Journal-page 76)
1/16/2015 Scrivener's error corrected
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-3360, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO THE JOB TAX CREDIT, SO AS TO ADD CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS TO THE DEFINITION OF "QUALIFYING SERVICE-RELATED FACILITY" IF THE ESTABLISHMENT HAS A NET INCREASE OF AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND NEW FULL-TIME JOBS AT A SINGLE CORPORATE CAMPUS IN THIS STATE, WITH AN AVERAGE CASH COMPENSATION LEVEL OF AT LEAST ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES EITHER THE STATE OR COUNTY PER CAPITA INCOME.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 12-6-3360(M)(13) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(13) 'Qualifying service-related facility' means:
(a) an establishment engaged in an activity or activities listed under the North American Industry Classification System Manual (NAICS) Section 62, subsectors 621, 622, and 623; or
(b) a business, other than a business engaged in legal, accounting, banking, or investment services (including a business identified under NAICS Section 55) or retail sales, which has a net increase of at least:
(i) one hundred seventy-five jobs at a single location;
(ii) one hundred fifty jobs at a single location comprised of a building or portion of building that has been vacant for at least twelve consecutive months prior to the taxpayer's investment;
(iii) one hundred jobs at a single location and the jobs have an average cash compensation level of more than one and one-half times the lower of state per capita income or per capita income in the county where the jobs are located;
(iv) fifty jobs at a single location and the jobs have an average cash compensation level of more than twice the lower of state per capita income or per capita income in the county where the jobs are located; or
(v) twenty-five jobs at a single location and the jobs have an average cash compensation level of more than two and one-half times the lower of state per capita income or per capita income in the county where the jobs are located.; or
(c)(i) an establishment engaged in an activity or activities listed under NAICS Section 52, subsector 523120, which has a net increase of at least one thousand new full-time jobs at a single corporate campus in this State, and the jobs have an average cash compensation level of more than one and one-half times the lower of state per capita income or per capita income in the county where the jobs are located.
(ii) As used in this subitem, a 'corporate campus' means a location which consists of buildings in close proximity to each other with centralized support, amenities, and other internal functions. For purposes of subsection (F), a 'single site' includes all the buildings that are a part of a corporate campus.
(iii) For purposes of determining per capita income pursuant to this subitem, a taxpayer shall use the most recent per capita income data available as of the end of the taxable year in which the Coordinating Council for Economic Development receives the taxpayer's application and application fee for the job development credit pursuant to Section 12-10-80.
A taxpayer pursuant to subitems (a) and (b), shall use the most recent per capita income data available as of the end of the taxable year in which the jobs are filled. Determination of the required number of jobs is in accordance with the monthly average described in subsection (F)."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to tax years beginning after 2014.
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