S 0145 General Bill, By Campsen
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 12-4-580, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO CONTRACT TO
 COLLECT AN OUTSTANDING LIABILITY OWED TO A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, SO AS TO LIMIT
 THE DEPARTMENT'S WAGE GARNISHMENT POWERS TO COLLECTION OF AN OUTSTANDING TAX
 LIABILITY AND TO DEFINE "OUTSTANDING TAX LIABILITY OWED A GOVERNMENTAL
 ENTITY".

   12/01/10  Senate Prefiled
   12/01/10  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
   01/11/11  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 71)
   01/11/11  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
                     (Senate Journal-page 71)

TO AMEND SECTION 12-4-580, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO CONTRACT TO COLLECT AN OUTSTANDING LIABILITY OWED TO A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, SO AS TO LIMIT THE DEPARTMENT'S WAGE GARNISHMENT POWERS TO COLLECTION OF AN OUTSTANDING TAX LIABILITY AND TO DEFINE "OUTSTANDING TAX LIABILITY OWED A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY".

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

SECTION    1.    A.    Section 12-4-580(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 69 of 2003, is further amended to read:

"(A)    The department and another governmental entity may contract to allow the department to collect an outstanding liability owed the governmental entity. In administering the provisions of those agreements, the department has all the rights and powers of collection provided pursuant to this title for the collection of taxes and all the rights and powers authorized the governmental entity to which the liability is owed; except that the department's power to garnish the wages of a delinquent taxpayer, as provided in Sections 12-54-130 and 12-54-135, may be used only to collect an outstanding tax liability owed the governmental entity."

B.    Section 12-4-580(D) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 69 of 2003, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:

"( )    'outstanding tax liability owed the governmental entity' means every tax imposed by the governmental entity, and all increases, interest, fees, and penalties on the tax from the time it is due and payable:

(a)    which has not been paid; and

(b)    for which all rights of administrative or judicial appeal have been exhausted or all time limits for these appeals have expired."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.