Bill 3666

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3666
Primary Sponsor:                Quinn
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Sales and use tax, local
                                option
Residing Body:                  House
Date Tabled:                    Jan 28, 1992
Computer Document Number:       BBM/9048.JM
Introduced Date:                Mar 07, 1991
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              Jan 28, 1992
Last History Type:              Tabled in Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Quinn
                                Corbett
                                Baker
                                Sturkie
                                Kirsh
                                Holt
                                Rama
                                Cork
                                J. Bailey
                                Smith
                                Cromer
                                Vaughn
                                Corning
                                Cato
                                Wells
                                Wright
                                Haskins
                                Phillips
                                Burriss
                                Koon
                                Meacham
                                McLeod
                                McGinnis
                                Fair
                                Beasley
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 3666  House   Jan 28, 1992  Tabled in Committee             30
 3666  House   Mar 07, 1991  Introduced, read first time,    30
                             referred to Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 4-10-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LOCAL OPTION ONE PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX AND THE HOLDING OF A SUBSEQUENT REFERENDUM IF THE TAX WAS NOT APPROVED AT THE INITIAL REFERENDUM, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE AUTHORITY OF COUNTY COUNCIL TO CALL FOR A SUBSEQUENT REFERENDUM AND PROVIDE INSTEAD THAT THE REFERENDUM CAN BE CALLED ONLY UPON THE PETITION OF FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE COUNTY, PROVIDE THAT A REFERENDUM FOR THIS PURPOSE MUST NOT BE HELD MORE OFTEN THAN ONCE IN TWENTY-FOUR, RATHER THAN TWELVE, MONTHS, AND PROVIDE THAT THE REFERENDUM MUST BE HELD IN A GENERAL ELECTION YEAR.

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

SECTION 1. Section 4-10-30(C) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 317 of 1990, is amended to read:

"(C) If the question is not approved at the initial referendum, the county council may call for another referendum on the question. only way that another referendum on the question may be held is upon petition of fifteen percent of the qualified electors of the county. The petition must be presented to the governing body of the county, and the county governing body shall conduct the referendum in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. However, following the initial referendum, a referendum for this purpose must not be held more often than once in twelve twenty-four months and must be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November in a general election year only."

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