H 3590 General Bill, By Edge, Clemmons, Hardwick, Hearn and Viers
Similar (S 0483)
Summary: Local Option Tourism Development Fee Act
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 9 TO CHAPTER 10, TITLE 4 ENACTING THE "LOCAL OPTION TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FEE ACT" SO AS TO ALLOW A COUNTY IN WHICH AT LEAST FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS OF STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX REVENUES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN A FISCAL YEAR AND A MUNICIPALITY LOCATED IN SUCH A COUNTY TO IMPOSE A FEE NOT TO EXCEED ONE PERCENT OF AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO TAX PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 36, TITLE 12, THE SOUTH CAROLINA SALES AND USE TAX ACT, FOR NOT MORE THAN TEN YEARS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNTY MAY IMPOSE THE FEE BY ORDINANCE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND A MUNICIPALITY MAY IMPOSE THE FEE BY ORDINANCE IN THE MUNICIPALITY, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FEE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT USES FOR WHICH THE FEE REVENUE MUST BE APPLIED, INCLUDING TOURISM PROMOTION, PROPERTY TAX ROLLBACK, AND CAPITAL PROJECTS PROMOTING TOURISM CAUSES.
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02/19/09	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-9
02/19/09	House	Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-10
03/31/09	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means HJ-10
04/01/09	House	Debate adjourned until Thursday, April 2, 2009 HJ-42
04/01/09		Scrivener's error corrected
04/02/09	House	Debate adjourned until Tuesday, April 7, 2009 HJ-26
04/21/09	House	Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-39