View Amendment Current Amendment: 5 to Bill 3998 Reps. CLEMMONS, BANNISTER, HUGGINS and BALLENTINE propose the following Amendment No. 5 to H. 3998 (COUNCIL\SA\3998C009.RT.SA19):

Reference is to Printer's Date 3/27/19--H.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 2, by striking Section 12-6-3795(A) and inserting:

/      (A)      As used in this section:
           (1)      'Eligibility statement' means a statement authorized and issued by the South Carolina Housing and Finance Development Authority certifying that a given project qualifies for the South Carolina housing tax credit. The authority shall promulgate rules establishing criteria upon which the eligibility statements are issued which must include consideration of evidence of local support for the project. The eligibility statement must specify the amount of the South Carolina housing tax credit allowed.
           (2)      'Federal housing tax credit' means the federal tax credit as provided in Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
           (3)      'Median income' means those incomes that are determined by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines and adjusted for family size.
           (4)      'Project' means a housing project that has restricted rents that do not exceed thirty percent of median income for at least forty percent of its units occupied by persons or families having incomes of sixty percent or less of the median income, or at least twenty percent of the units occupied by persons or families having incomes of fifty percent or less of the median income.
           (5)      'Qualified project' means a qualified low-income building as that term is defined in Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that is located in South Carolina and receives approval for tax credits from the South Carolina Housing and Finance Development Authority provided pursuant to this section.
           (6)      'Taxpayer' means a sole proprietor, partnership, corporation of any classification, limited liability company, or association taxable as a business entity that is subject to South Carolina taxes pursuant to Section 12-6-510, Section 12-6-530, Chapter 11, Title 12, or Chapter 7, Title 38.            /

Amend the bill further, by striking SECTION 4 and inserting:

/      SECTION      4.      This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and first applies to qualified projects that receive an eligibility statement pursuant to Section 12-6-3795 thereafter.            /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.