S 0359  General Bill, By Rice
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE IMPOSITION OF LOCAL FEES, SO AS TO LIMIT THE
 AMOUNT OF A STORMWATER FEE TO FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF AD VALOREM
 TAXES LEVIED ON THE PROPERTY BY THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY IMPOSING THE FEE.

   12/09/20  Senate Prefiled
   12/09/20  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
   01/12/21  Senate Introduced and read first time
                     (Senate Journal-page 283)
   01/12/21  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
                     (Senate Journal-page 283)

TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE IMPOSITION OF LOCAL FEES, SO AS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF A STORMWATER FEE TO FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF AD VALOREM TAXES LEVIED ON THE PROPERTY BY THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY IMPOSING THE FEE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 6-1-330 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:

    "( )    If a local governing body imposes a stormwater fee, the fee imposed on a piece of real property may not exceed fifteen percent of the amount of ad valorem taxes levied, before any credits or deductions are applied, on the real property resulting from millage imposed by the local governing body in the previous property tax year."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect January 1, 2022.