Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3100 Primary Sponsor:Clyborne Committee Number:30 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Gasoline tax distribution Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Computer Document Number:3100 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced and read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Clyborne Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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3100 House Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 30
time, referred to Committee
3100 House Dec 27, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 30
Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-380, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF 10.34 CENTS GASOLINE TAX, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NINETY PERCENT OF THE ONE CENT A GALLON BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNTIES BASED UPON THE AMOUNT A COUNTY ORIGINATES AND TO PROVIDE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE REMAINING TEN PERCENT AND TO AMEND SECTION 12-27-400 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF THE ADDITIONAL 2.66 CENTS GASOLINE TAX, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NINETY PERCENT OF THE MONEY COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY IS RETURNED TO IT AND TO PROVIDE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE REMAINING TEN PERCENT AMONG THE COUNTIES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 12-27-380 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 12-27-380. The license tax of 10.34 cents per a gallon on gasoline as levied and provided for in this article shall must be distributed as follows: 9.34 cents on each gallon shall must be turned over to the Department of Highways and Public Transportation for the purpose of the Department and one cent per a gallon shall must be distributed to the counties of the State to be used exclusively for the construction and maintenance of county roads. The distribution of the one cent per a gallon license tax among the counties shall must be ninety percent to the county that originated the money, and ten percent in the proportion that the total of the sums received from motor vehicle license fees collected from motor vehicles registered in the several counties bears to the total of the sums received from all motor vehicle license fees collected in the State, except that fifteen percent of the amount for distribution in excess of 2.17 percent of the total ten percent amount for distribution shall must be withheld from those counties receiving in excess of 2.17 percent of the total ten percent for distribution and the. The amount thus withheld shall must be distributed equally among counties receiving less than 2.17 percent. But in no case shall the The distribution of such the fifteen percent must not increase the distributive share of any county to an amount in excess of 2.17 percent of the total ten percent for distribution and no county shall receive less than fourteen thousand dollars per a year. In making adjustments necessary to bring the distributive share of each county to the fourteen thousand dollar minimum herein established, the total of the amount between a twelve thousand dollar minimum and the fourteen thousand dollar minimum shall must be taken equally from the distributive shares otherwise due to the four counties receiving the largest amounts hereunder. Provided, however However, that the funds collected under the provisions of this section shall must be used in an equitable manner to construct and maintain the roads in the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county."
SECTION 2. The first paragraph of Section 12-27-400 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 12-27-400. The monies collected by the commission pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-27-240 must be deposited with the State Treasurer and expended on the State Highway Secondary System for construction, improvements, and maintenance and, together with any other funds made available for the purpose, must be apportioned among the counties of the State in the following manner: ninety percent to the counties based upon the total funds collected by the county; ten percent based upon the following ratios: one-third in the ratio which the land area of the county bears to the total land area of the State; one-third in the ratio which the population of the county bears to the total population of the State as shown by the latest official decennial census; and one-third in the ratio which the mileage of all rural public roads in the county bears to the total rural road mileage in the State as shown by the latest official records of the Department of Highways and Public Transportation."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.