H 4400 General Bill, By Richardson
    A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Sections 12-21-2787 and 12-21-2797 so as to require a video game with a free play feature to house a credit payback of at least sixty percent and authorize the Department of Revenue and Taxation to establish the mechanism to insure this payback compliance, to require additional licenses and impose a gross proceeds tax on video games with a free play feature and provide for the distribution of the revenue; to amend Section 12-21-2776, relating to metering requirements of video games with a free play feature, so as to provide that machines must be equipped with such devices by July 1, 1994; and to amend Section 12-21-2720, as amended, relating to license fees for coin-operated devices, so as to revise the payment period for the one-time five hundred dollar monitoring fee.
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12/15/93	House	Prefiled
12/15/93	House	Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
01/11/94	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-43
01/11/94	House	Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-43