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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4885 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20020307 Primary Sponsor:Hinson All Sponsors:Hinson, Merrill, Law, Gourdine and Dantzler Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\pt\1795dw02.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:Historic properties, granting of special tax assessments to; must be approved by governing body History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20020307 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 4-9-195, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO GRANT SPECIAL TAX ASSESSMENTS TO HISTORIC PROPERTIES, SO AS TO REQUIRE, BEFORE THE APPLICATION IS FILED, THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNING BODY WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 4-9-195 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 375 of 1992, is further amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:
"( )(1) The owner or organization seeking application for property to receive the special property tax assessment must request and receive the approval of the governing body where the property is located before the application is filed.
(2) For purposes of this section, if the property is located in a municipality, the municipality is the approving governing body and if it is located in an unincorporated area, the county is the approving governing body."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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