South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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S. 497

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Rice and Loftis
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11231dg19.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 12, 2019
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance

Summary: Local fees imposition

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/12/2019  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 3)
   2/12/2019  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 3)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/12/2019

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE IMPOSITION OF LOCAL FEES, SO AS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF A STORMWATER FEE TO FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF AD VALOREM TAXES LEVIED ON THE PROPERTY BY THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY IMPOSING THE FEE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 6-1-330 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:

"( )    If a local governing body imposes a stormwater fee, the fee imposed on a piece of real property may not exceed fifteen percent of the amount of ad valorem taxes levied, before any credits or deductions are applied, on the real property resulting from millage imposed by the local governing body in the previous property tax year."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect January 1, 2020.

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