Bill 3102

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3102
Primary Sponsor:                Clyborne
Committee Number:               30
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Gasoline tax distribution
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Ways and Means
Computer Document Number:       3102
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              Jan 08, 1991
Last History Type:              Introduced and read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Clyborne
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 3102  House   Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       30
                             time, referred to Committee
 3102  House   Dec 27, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           30
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-27-400, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF THE ADDITIONAL 2.66 CENTS GASOLINE TAX, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE MONEY IS APPORTIONED AMONG THE COUNTIES BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF THE GASOLINE TAX COLLECTED IN THAT COUNTY.

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

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 12-27-400 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 119 of 1987, is further amended to read:

"The monies collected by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-27-240 must be deposited with the State Treasurer and expended on the State Highway Secondary System for construction, improvements, and maintenance and, together with any other funds made available for the purpose, must be apportioned among the counties of the State in the following manner: one-third in the ratio which the land area of the county bears to the total land area of the State; one-third 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 one-third in the ratio which the mileage of all rural public 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 Highways and Public Transportation based upon the total collected in each county."

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