Current Status Bill Number:892 Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950531 Primary Sponsor:Lander All Sponsors:Lander, Wilson, Leatherman and Courson Drafted Document Number:jic\6069htc.95 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Finance Committee 06 SF Subject:Joint Property Tax Study Task Force
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Senate 19950531 Introduced, read first time, 06 SF
referred to Committee
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TO CREATE A JOINT PROPERTY TAX STUDY TASK FORCE TO STUDY ALL PHASES OF THE PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND FAIRNESS OF PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION IN THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. There is created a Joint Property Tax Study Task Force consisting of eleven members as follows:
(1) the Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation, Ex Officio, who shall serve without a vote;
(2) the Comptroller General, Ex Officio, who shall serve without a vote;
(3) three members appointed by the Governor;
(4) three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of that body; and
(5) three members appointed by the President of the Senate from the membership of that body.
The voting members shall elect one of its members to serve as chairman.
The purpose of the task force is to study the effects of Act 208 of 1975, and related subsequent legislation in order to determine the equity, effectiveness, and fairness of the system of property tax assessment and collection in this State. The study should embody all phases of the property tax system and other factors and issues which impact upon the system. The study must take into account the perspective of both the taxpayers and the local entities that impose the tax.
The task force shall report the findings of its study and any recommendation for legislative action to the General Assembly no later than June 30, 1996, at which time the committee terminates. The expenses of the legislative members of this task force must be paid from the accounts of their respective bodies. The expenses of the gubernatorial appointees shall be absorbed within the Governor's Office.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.