S 23 Session 109 (1991-1992)
S 0023 General Bill, By Passailaigue
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section
12-45-72 so as to require escrow agents receiving ad valorem tax payments on
real property to remit the total amount received for taxes to the appropriate
taxing entity on a semiannually basis, to provide for due dates, and to
provide a penalty for failure to make timely remittances which may be waived
upon good cause shown.
09/10/90 Senate Prefiled
09/10/90 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
01/08/91 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-31
01/08/91 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-31
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
BY ADDING SECTION 12-45-72 SO AS TO REQUIRE ESCROW
AGENTS RECEIVING AD VALOREM TAX PAYMENTS ON REAL
PROPERTY TO REMIT THE TOTAL AMOUNT RECEIVED FOR
TAXES TO THE APPROPRIATE TAXING ENTITY ON A
SEMIANNUALLY BASIS, TO PROVIDE FOR DUE DATES, AND
TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY
REMITTANCES WHICH MAY BE WAIVED UPON GOOD CAUSE
SHOWN.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 45, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by
adding:
"Section 12-45-72. An escrow agent who receives payments
to be applied toward the ad valorem tax liability of the owner of real
property shall remit the payments received semiannually to the
appropriate taxing entity. Remittances are due no later than the fifteenth
day of July and January. The taxing entity shall assess a penalty in an
amount equal to five percent of the payment required on payments
which are not timely made for each month or part of a month of the
delinquency. This penalty must be paid by the escrow agency and must
not be charged back to the taxpayer. The taxing entity may waive the
penalty for good cause shown."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1991.
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