S 0199 General Bill, By Wilson, Courson and M.T. Rose
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 12-27-400, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO "C" CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, SO AS TO REVISE THE FORMULA FOR
 DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS TO COUNTIES BY ELIMINATING
 CONSIDERATION OF THE LAND AREA OF A COUNTY.

   10/17/94  Senate Prefiled
   10/17/94  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
   01/10/95  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-69
   01/10/95  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-69

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-27-400, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO "C" CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, SO AS TO REVISE THE FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS TO COUNTIES BY ELIMINATING CONSIDERATION OF THE LAND AREA OF A COUNTY.

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

SECTION 1. Section 12-27-400(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 17, Part II, Act 497 of 1994, is further amended to read:

"(A) The monies collected pursuant to Section 12-27-240 must be deposited with the State Treasurer and expended for purposes set forth in this section. The monies must be apportioned among the counties of the State in the following manner:

(1) one-third in the ratio which the land area of the county bears to the total land area of the State;

(2) (1) one-third half in the ratio which the population of the county bears to the total population of the State as shown by the latest official decennial census; and

(3) (2) one-third half in the ratio which the mileage of all rural roads in the county bears to the total rural road mileage in the State as shown by the latest official records of the Department of Transportation. The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall add a line in the sales, use, and local option sales tax return form for the collection of information regarding the number of gallons of gasoline sold in each county for use in making allocations of `C' funds as provided in this section. The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall submit the percentage of the total represented by each county to the Department of Transportation and to each county transportation committee by the twenty-fifth day of the month following the end of the calendar quarter.

Upon request of a county transportation committee, the Department of Transportation shall continue to administer the funds allocated to the county."

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