H 3152 General Bill, By Knotts, Cotty, Inabinett, Kelley, Seithel and Whatley

Similar(S 243)
 A Bill to amend Section 12-21-2720, as amended, Code of Laws of South
 Carolina, 1976, relating to licensing of coin-operated devices, so as to
 delete the optional county license fee on video games with a free play
 feature, to require these games to be licensed to a particular county from
 which they may not be moved, to provide that all license fee revenues from
 these machines must be remitted to the county where the machines are licensed,
 and to provide that these revenues must be used to roll back ad valorem taxes.

   12/21/94  House  Prefiled
   12/21/94  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
   01/10/95  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-53
   01/10/95  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-53

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-21-2720, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LICENSING OF COIN-OPERATED DEVICES, SO AS TO DELETE THE OPTIONAL COUNTY LICENSE FEE ON VIDEO GAMES WITH A FREE PLAY FEATURE, TO REQUIRE THESE GAMES TO BE LICENSED TO A PARTICULAR COUNTY FROM WHICH THEY MAY NOT BE MOVED, TO PROVIDE THAT ALL LICENSE FEE REVENUES FROM THESE MACHINES MUST BE REMITTED TO THE COUNTY WHERE THE MACHINES ARE LICENSED, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THESE REVENUES MUST BE USED TO ROLL BACK AD VALOREM TAXES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 12-21-2720(D) of the 1976 Code, as added by Section 60, Part II, Act 164 of 1993, is amended to read:

"(D) A county may by ordinance impose a license fee on machines licensed pursuant to subsection (A)(3) of this section located in an unincorporated area of the county in an amount not exceeding ten percent of the regular license fee imposed pursuant to subsection (A) for the equivalent license period. The license required pursuant to subsection (A)(3) of this section for a video game with a free play feature is granted for a location in a specific county which must be noted on the license and the machine, once licensed, may not be moved out of the county during the license period except for servicing. All revenues from the license fees on video games with a free play feature must be remitted to the county for which the machine is licensed. These funds must be used by the county governing body to roll back ad valorem taxes."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect May 1, 1995.