View Amendment Current Amendment: 8a to Bill 4813 Rep. OTT proposes the following Amendment No. 8a to H.4813 as passed by the House.
(Doc Name h:\legwork\house\amend\H-WM\001\lgf closing sm bus.docx):

EXPLANATION: Increase deal closing fund $9.9m; and Local Government Fund $40,000,000 which is generated by deleting Part II, Section 2 (Small Business Tax Relief) and replacing with orignal version of H4996 as passed by the House.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IA, Section 40. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, page 168, line 36, opposite /CLOSING FUND/ by increasing the amount(s) in Columns 5 and 6 by:
     Column 5      Column 6
     9,936,456      9,936,456

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Part IA, Section 86A, AID TO SUBDIVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, page 308, line 3, opposite /AID - LOCAL GOV'T FUND/ by increasing the amount(s) in Columns 5 and 6 by:
     Column 5      Column 6
     40,000,000      40,000,000

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 90, STATEWIDE REVENUE, by amending amendment 1A Sub, doc no. house\amend\h-wm\001\h4813 amendback. docx, page 35, by striking the new Section added after Section 1 which amended Section 12-6-545(B)(2), and inserting:

/SECTION ___

TO AMEND SECTION 12-6-545, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INCOME TAX RATES FOR PASS-THROUGH TRADE AND BUSINESS INCOME, SO AS TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE FROM FIVE PERCENT TO THREE PERCENT.

A.            Section 12-6-545(B)(2)       of the 1976 Code is amended read:

     "(2)      The rate of the income tax imposed pursuant to this subsection is:
     Taxable Year Beginning in      Rate of Tax
            2006            6.5 percent
            2007            6 percent
            2008            5.5 percent
     after 2008 through 2011            5 percent
            2012            4.5 percent
            2013            4 percent
            2014            3.5 percent
     after 2014            3 percent"

B.      This section takes effect upon approval by the governor and applies for taxable years beginning after 2011. /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.