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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Lowe, Merrill, Mulvaney, Bedingfield, Crawford, Cobb-Hunter, Hagood, Harrell, Limehouse, E.H. Pitts, Scarborough, Spires, Young and Brady
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 1143
Introduced in the House on February 27, 2008
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Energy efficient appliances
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/27/2008 House Introduced and read first time HJ-12 2/27/2008 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-12 2/27/2008 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brady
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 12-36-2120, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM THE STATE'S SALES TAX, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE GROSS PROCEEDS OF SALES OR THE SALES PRICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 12-36-2120 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 116 of 2007, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:
"( ) energy efficient products with a sales price of two thousand five hundred dollars or less for each product purchased for consumer use. For the purposes of this exemption, an 'energy efficient product' is any energy efficient product for consumer use including a dishwasher, clothes washer, air conditioner, ceiling fan, fluorescent light bulb, dehumidifier, programmable thermostat, refrigerator, door, or window, the energy efficiency of which has been designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Energy as meeting or exceeding each agency's energy saving efficiency requirements or which has been designated as meeting or exceeding the requirements under each agency's ENERGY STAR program, and gas, oil, or propane water heaters with an energy factor of 0.80 or greater and electric water heaters with an energy factor of 2.0 or greater. This exemption does not apply to purchases of energy efficient products for trade, business, or resale. This exemption applies only to sales occurring during a period commencing at 12:01 A.M. on October 1, 2008, and concluding at 12:00 Midnight on October 31, 2008, National Energy Efficiency Month, and 12:01 A.M. on April 1, 2009, and concluding at 12:00 Midnight on April 30, 2009, National Earth Month. The State Energy Office shall prepare a report on the fiscal and energy impacts of the October 1, 2008, through October 31, 2008, exemption due January 1, 2009."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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