Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered new SECTION to read:
/ SECTION ___. Article 1, Chapter 6, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 23-6-65. (A) There is levied the following fees on all wire transfers of money from a location within this State to a location outside of the United States:
(1) a five dollar fee for wire transfers of less than five hundred dollars; and
(2) a fee equal to one percent of the amount transferred for wire transfers of more than five hundred dollars.
(B) The entity or business providing wire transfer services shall collect the fee from the person making the wire transfer. The fee must be remitted to the Department of Revenue in a manner established by the department by regulation.
(C) Any South Carolina income tax filer is allowed an income tax credit for the total amount of the fee paid by the filer during a tax year.
(D) This section does not apply to automated clearinghouse transfers.
(E) All monies collected pursuant to this section remaining after the credit pursuant to subsection (C) is provided must be transferred annually to the Department of Public Safety to support the activities of the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit created pursuant to Section 23-6-60." /
Renumber sections to conform. Amend title to conform.