H 4818  General Bill, By S.Williams, Pendarvis and Robinson
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO ALLOW AN EXEMPTION FROM ALL
 PROPERTY TAX EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE VALUE SUBJECT TO TAX OF AN
 OWNER-OCCUPIED RESIDENCE IF THE OWNER HAS ATTAINED THE AGE OF SEVENTY YEARS.
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   12/11/19  House  Prefiled
   12/11/19  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
   01/14/20  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 117)
   01/14/20  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
                     (House Journal-page 117)

TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO ALLOW AN EXEMPTION FROM ALL PROPERTY TAX EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE VALUE SUBJECT TO TAX OF AN OWNER-OCCUPIED RESIDENCE IF THE OWNER HAS ATTAINED THE AGE OF SEVENTY YEARS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 12-37-220(B) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a new item at the end appropriately numbered to read:

    "( )    Effective for property tax years beginning after 2019 and to the extent not already exempt pursuant to Section 12-37-250 and this section, any remaining fair market value of an owner-occupied residential property subject to tax receiving the exemption allowed pursuant to Section 12-37-250 is exempt from all property tax if the owner has reached the age of seventy on or before December thirty-first. This additional exemption continues to apply for a surviving spouse in the same manner that the exemption allowed pursuant to Section 12-37-250 continues to apply. The revenue loss resulting from the exemption allowed by this item must be reimbursed and allocated to the appropriate taxing entities in the same manner as the Trust Fund for Tax Relief. In calculating estimated state individual and corporate income tax revenues for a fiscal year, the Board of Economic Advisors shall deduct amounts sufficient to account for the reimbursement required by this item."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies for property tax years beginning after 2019.