H 3596 {Rat #174, Act #173 of 2020} General Bill, By Long, Erickson, Clemmons, 
Bales, Fry, Loftis, Burns, Hewitt, Bannister, Forrester, Herbkersman, Huggins, 
Lowe, D.C.Moss, B.Newton, W.Newton, Pope, Robinson, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M.Smith, 
G.R.Smith, Tallon, Toole, Trantham, Johnson, V.S.Moss, Stringer, Willis, 
Bailey, Elliott, B.Cox, Magnuson, Clary, Hixon, Martin, Davis, Mace, Kimmons, 
Bennett, Bradley, Jordan, Finlay, Gagnon, McDaniel, Daning, Allison, Collins, 
McCoy, Atkinson, Hayes, Kirby, Wooten, Ballentine, Caskey, McCravy, Gilliam, 
Hill, Chellis, Crawford, Taylor, Young, Weeks, Yow, Whitmire, Hosey, Clyburn, 
Brown, Govan, Moore and Henderson-Myers
 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-43-220, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY AND ASSESSMENT RATIOS FOR PURPOSES OF
 AD VALOREM TAXATION, SO AS TO LIMIT ROLLBACK TAXES TO THREE YEARS WHEN LAND
 CLASSIFIED AS AGRICULTURAL REAL PROPERTY IS APPLIED TO ANOTHER USE. - ratified
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   01/15/19  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 79)
   01/15/19  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
                     (House Journal-page 79)
   03/06/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Johnson,
                     V.S.Moss, Stringer, Willis, Bailey, Elliott,
                     B.Cox, Magnuson, Clary, Hixon, Martin, Davis,
                     Mace, Kimmons, Bennett, Bradley, Jordan, Finlay,
                     Gagnon, McDaniel
   03/11/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Daning,
                     Allison, Collins, McCoy, Atkinson, Hayes, Kirby,
                     Wooten, Ballentine, Caskey, McCravy, Gilliam,
                     Hill, Chellis, Crawford, Taylor, Young
   03/19/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Weeks,
                     Yow, Whitmire, Hosey, Clyburn
   03/27/19  House  Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means
                     (House Journal-page 37)
   04/04/19  House  Debate adjourned until  Tues., 4-9-19
                     (House Journal-page 74)
   04/09/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brown,
                     Govan, Moore, Henderson-Myers
   04/09/19  House  Requests for debate-Rep(s).  Stavrinakis,
                     Norrell, Mack, Ott, Hart, Kirby, Ballentine, R.
                     Williams, Jefferson, Lowe, Wheeler, King, S.
                     Williams, Brawley, Cobb-Hunter, Taylor, Hosey,
                     Clary, Hixon (House Journal-page 28)
   04/09/19  House  Requests for debate removed-Rep(s).  Ott, Clary,
                     Stavrinakis, Ballentine, Kirby, Taylor, Hixon,
                     King, Cobb-Hunter, Brawley, R. Williams, Norrell
                     (House Journal-page 143)
   04/09/19  House  Requests for debate removed-Rep(s).  Hosey,
                     Wheeler, Lowe, Jefferson, Mack
                     (House Journal-page 160)
   04/09/19  House  Amended (House Journal-page 173)
   04/09/19  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 173)
   04/09/19  House  Roll call Yeas-91  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 176)
   04/10/19  House  Read third time and sent to Senate
                     (House Journal-page 16)
   04/10/19  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 16)
   04/10/19  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
                     (Senate Journal-page 16)
   01/23/20  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Finance (Senate Journal-page 15)
   01/28/20         Scrivener's error corrected
   03/10/20  Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 33)
   03/10/20  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 33)
   03/11/20         Scrivener's error corrected
   03/11/20  Senate Amendment Reconsidered (Senate Journal-page 20)
   09/16/20  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 18)
   09/16/20  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 18)
   09/16/20  Senate Roll call Ayes-40  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 18)
   09/16/20  Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day (Senate Journal-page 18)
   09/17/20  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments (Senate Journal-page 6)
   09/23/20  House  Senate amendment amended (House Journal-page 76)
   09/23/20  House  Roll call Yeas-100  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 76)
   09/23/20  House  Returned to Senate with amendments
                     (House Journal-page 76)
   09/23/20  Senate Non-concurrence in House amendment
                     (Senate Journal-page 135)
   09/23/20  Senate Roll call Ayes-0  Nays-39 (Senate Journal-page 135)
   09/23/20  House  House recedes from amendment(s)
                     (House Journal-page 121)
   09/23/20  Senate Ordered enrolled for ratification
                     (Senate Journal-page 137)
   09/25/20         Ratified R  174
   09/29/20         Signed By Governor
   10/07/20         Effective date  01/01/21
   10/07/20         Act No.  173

NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(A173, R174, H3596)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-43-220, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY AND ASSESSMENT RATIOS FOR PURPOSES OF AD VALOREM TAXATION, SO AS TO LIMIT ROLLBACK TAXES TO THREE YEARS WHEN LAND CLASSIFIED AS AGRICULTURAL REAL PROPERTY IS APPLIED TO ANOTHER USE.

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

Reduction of rollback tax years

SECTION    1.    Section 12-43-220(d)(4) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(4)    Except as provided pursuant to Section 12-43-222, when real property which is in agricultural use and is being valued, assessed, and taxed under the provisions of this article, is applied to a use other than agricultural, as evidenced by actions taken by the owner of the real property which is inconsistent with agricultural use, it is subject to additional taxes, referred to as rollback taxes, in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between the taxes paid or payable on the basis of the valuation and the assessment authorized pursuant to this item and the taxes that would have been paid or payable had the real property been valued, assessed, and taxed as other real property in the taxing district, in the current tax year (the year of change in use) and each of the three tax years immediately preceding in which the real property was valued, assessed, and taxed as provided in this item. If in the tax year in which a change in use of the real property occurs the real property was not valued, assessed, and taxed under this article, then the real property is subject to rollback taxes for each of the three tax years immediately preceding in which the real property was valued, assessed, and taxed pursuant to this item. In determining the amounts of the rollback taxes chargeable on real property which has undergone a change in use, the assessor for the rollback tax years involved shall ascertain:

(A)    the fair market value without consideration of the standing timber of such real property under the valuation standard applicable to other real property in the same classification;

(B)    the amount of the real property assessment for the particular tax year by multiplying such fair market value by the appropriate assessment ratio provided in this article;

(C)    the amount of the additional assessment on the real property for the particular tax year by deducting the amount of the actual assessment on the real property for that year from the amount of the real property assessment determined under (B) of this section;

(D)    the amount of the rollback for that tax year by multiplying the amount of the additional assessment determined under (C) of this section by the property tax rate of the taxing district applicable for that tax year."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2021, and applies for agricultural real property changed to another use after 2020.

Ratified the 25th day of September, 2020.

Approved the 29th day of September, 2020.