H 3610 Session 111 (1995-1996)
H 3610 General Bill, By Spearman, T.E. Huff, Knotts, Koon, McKay and Riser
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section
56-3-635 so as to provide for a one dollar annual surcharge on all motor
vehicle registration and licensing fees, and to provide that the funds
received from this surcharge shall be distributed to the several counties and
certain other entities of the State in a specified manner for emergency
medical service (EMS) purposes.
02/15/95 House Introduced and read first time HJ-11
02/15/95 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-11
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-3-635 SO AS TO PROVIDE
FOR A ONE DOLLAR ANNUAL SURCHARGE ON ALL
MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING FEES,
AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE FUNDS RECEIVED FROM
THIS SURCHARGE SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE
SEVERAL COUNTIES AND CERTAIN OTHER ENTITIES OF
THE STATE IN A SPECIFIED MANNER FOR EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICE (EMS) PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-3-635. (A) In addition to all registration and
licensing fees for motor vehicles as provided by law, an annual
surcharge of one dollar is added to the fee which shall be imposed
and collected in the same manner as the fee. If the registration and
licensing period is biennial, the surcharge shall be two dollars for
the two-year period.
(B) The surcharge fees imposed by subsection (A) collected by
the Department of Revenue and Taxation must be remitted by the
department to the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall
transfer these surcharge fees to the Department of Health and
Environmental Control which funds must be used only for
emergency medical services in the manner provided in this section.
These surcharge fees must be allocated annually to the several
counties of this State for the purpose of improving or upgrading the
emergency medical service system and allocated annually to
emergency medical service regional councils for administration of
training programs and technical assistance to local emergency
medical service units. The funds must be allocated by a ratio of
eighty-three percent to counties and fourteen percent to emergency
medical service regional councils. The Department of Health and
Environmental Control shall develop guidelines and administer the
system to make allocations within the State based on demonstrated
need. The Department of Health and Environmental Control's
emergency medical service office is authorized three percent to
administer the program and establish and maintain the emergency
medical service data base. These funds may not be transferred to
other programs within the department's budget. In addition, when
instructed by the State Budget and Control Board or the General
Assembly to reduce funds by a certain percentage, the department
may not reduce the funds appropriated for emergency medical
service regional councils or aid to counties greater than the
stipulated percentage. Funds allocated to the counties and regional
councils under this section do not require a local match and a local
match shall not be a factor in determining allocations under this
section."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the
Governor.
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