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H. 4385
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Bamberg, Clyburn, Pitts and Cobb-Hunter
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9382dg16.docx
Introduced in the House on January 12, 2016
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: County and municipality budgets
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/3/2015 House Prefiled
12/3/2015 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/12/2016 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 50)
1/12/2016 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
(House Journal-page 50)
1/14/2016 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pitts
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-83 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY FROM ADOPTING A BUDGET IN WHICH THE TOTAL PROJECTED REVENUE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR INCLUDES REVENUES ATTRIBUTABLE TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, AND TO PROHIBIT THE APPROPRIATION OF SUCH REVENUES IN THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH IT IS COLLECTED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 6 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 6-1-83. A county or municipality may not adopt a budget in which the total projected revenue for the upcoming fiscal year includes revenues attributable to traffic violations in the upcoming fiscal year. Further, revenues attributable to traffic violations may not be appropriated in the fiscal year in which the revenue is collected."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor, and first applies to any county or municipal budget adopted thereafter.
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