H 4701 General Bill, By  House Ways and Means
 A BILL TO MAKE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SURPLUS GENERAL FUND REVENUES
 AND TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 13-1-1770 SO AS TO ESTABLISH WITHIN THE ADVISORY COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR
 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE A DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT
 GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVITALIZING AND ENHANCING THE VIABILITY OF
 DOWNTOWN AREAS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, COUNTY
 GOVERNMENT, AND PRIVATE INVESTORS AND TO PROVIDE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR AWARDING
 THIS GRANT.

   02/25/98  House  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference HJ-23
   03/02/98  House  Special order, set for immediately following
                     second reading of H. 4702 HJ-16
   03/05/98  House  Amended HJ-31
   03/05/98  House  Read second time HJ-40
   03/05/98  House  Roll call Yeas-105  Nays-12 HJ-40
   03/10/98  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-13
   03/11/98  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7
   03/11/98  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-7

March 5, 1998

H. 4701

S. Printed 3/5/98--H.

Read the first time February 25, 1998.

A BILL

TO MAKE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS OF SURPLUS GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 13-1-1770 SO AS TO ESTABLISH WITHIN THE ADVISORY COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE A DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVITALIZING AND ENHANCING THE VIABILITY OF DOWNTOWN AREAS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND PRIVATE INVESTORS AND TO PROVIDE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR AWARDING THIS GRANT.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The following sums are appropriated from the general fund of the State to supplement appropriations made for the expenses of state government in the annual general appropriations act for fiscal year 1998-99 to the extent that unobligated surplus revenues are available:

(1) State Dept. of Education:

Instructional Materials (Textbooks)1,000,000

(2) Technology - Telecommunication Lines5,000,000

(3) Tax Relief Trust Fund - Property Tax9,465,420

(4) Commission on Higher Education:

SC Alliance for Minority

Participation (SCAMP)600,000

(5) SC State - Business School Accreditation500,000

(6) Clemson Center for Adv. Engineering

Fibers and Films650,000

(7) Local Government Fund

(Maintain FY 97-98 Funding Level)21,812,494

(8) Local Government Fund (Growth)10,904,625

(9) Statewide Performance Audit200,000

(10) Department of Health and Human Services:

(a) Medicaid Population Growth2,778,770

(b) Medicaid Product Growth3,000,000

(11) Department of Mental Health:

Medications Research Project500,000

(12) Department of Alcohol and Other

Drug Abuse Services:

"The Bridge"300,000

(13) Department of Social Services:

Emotionally Disturbed Children5,500,000

(14) Clemson PSA - Meat Inspection150,000

(15) Midlands Technical College:

Motorcycle Rider Safety Program100,000

(15.1) Of the funds appropriated to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education - Midlands Technical College, $100,000 must be used for the motorcycle safety program.

(16) South Carolina Law Enforcement Division:

Forensic Lab

(DNA Database\Lab Equipment)208,966

(17) Office of Appellate Defense:

Administration (Operating Expenses)340,000

(18) Department of Corrections:

(a) Maintenance (Facilities and

Security Systems) 363,718

(b) Medical Contracts Inflation780,000

(19) Department of Commerce:

Advisory Coordinating Council for

Economic Development:

Spartanburg Renaissance Project-

Downtown Redevelopment2,000,000

(19.1) Of funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce for the Renaissance Project, the funds must be matched 2:1 with additional funds or in-kind contributions by the community or other entity equal to the amount of funds in the appropriation.

(20) Comptroller General:

Computer Software to Test

Year 2000 Completion35,000

(21) State Ethics Commission:

Equipment for Investigator2,050

(22) S.C. State Library:

Lake City Public Library 7,000

(23) Budget and Control Board:

Capital Improvement Bonds

Payments 2,000

(24) Dept. of Archives & History:

Orangeburg Cemetery

Preservation 1,000

Total Supplemental Appropriations66,201,043

SECTION 2. (A) Article 11, Chapter 1, Title 13 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 13-1-1770. The Advisory Coordinating Council for Economic Development shall establish the 'Downtown Redevelopment Program' for the purpose of making grants for revitalizing and enhancing the viability of downtown areas through partnerships of municipal government, county government, and private investors.

The council shall establish the program guidelines, regulations, and criteria by which grants must be evaluated and awarded including, but not limited to:

(1) a nonstate match requirement of at least one hundred fifty percent of state grant funds; and

(2) completing an economic impact before an award is made."

(B) This section takes effect July 1, 1998.

SECTION 3. The appropriations in Section 1 of this act are listed in priority order beginning with item (1) and each separate appropriation item or subitem must be fully funded before the next item or subitem in order is paid. Unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this act may be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years and expended for the same purposes.

SECTION 4. Except as otherwise stated, this act takes effect upon approval by the Governor, but no appropriation in Section 1 may be paid until thirty days after the Comptroller General closes the State's books on fiscal year 1997-98.