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• Senator McConnell Editorial on Property Taxes

• Historical Background and General Information
• Brief Overview of Property Taxes in SC (Word format) - Tab 1
• Overview of Tax Relief Programs in Other States (Word format) - Tab 2
• Listing of Tax Relief Programs by State (Word format) - Tab 3
• Property Tax Outline from Strom Thurmond Institute (pdf format) - Tab 3

• Pending Bills and Joint Resolutions
  • Summary of Senate Judiciary Bills and JRs (Word format) - Tab 4

  S. 73

  S. 796

  S. 838

  • Summary of Senate Finance Bills (Excel format) - Tab 5

• White Papers
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Study: "Faulty Foundations" (pdf format) - Tab 6
  • A Guide to Property Taxes from National Conference of State Legislatures (pdf format) - Tab 7
  • 2005 DOR Property Tax Publication (pdf format) - Tab 8

• Prior S.C. Tax Study Committees
• Previous Tax Study Committee Reports and Legislation - Tab 9

1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 119B (Residential Property Tax Relief) (Word format)

1999 Legislative Audit Council Report (pdf format)

2000 South Carolina Local Government Study Report (pdf format)

2003 H. 3065 (proposed 20% cap); vetoed by Governor

Joint Committee on Taxation, S.C. Code Ann. Sections 2-41-10 et seq. (Word format)