Current Status Bill Number:243 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Land All Sponsors:Land, Elliott Drafted Document Number:JIC\5072HTC.95 Companion Bill Number:3152 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Finance Committee 06 SF Subject:Coin-operated devices, fees collected
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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Senate 19950110 Introduced, read first time, 06 SF
referred to Committee
Senate 19941031 Prefiled, referred to Committee 06 SF
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TO AMEND SECTION 12-21-2720, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LICENSING FEES ON COIN-OPERATED MACHINES AND DEVICES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE LICENSING FEES COLLECTED ON A VIDEO GAME WITH A FREE PLAY FEATURE MUST BE REMITTED ANNUALLY TO THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE LICENSED MACHINE IS LOCATED AND USED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY TO ROLLBACK COUNTY AD VALOREM TAXES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 12-21-2720 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 497 of 1994, is further amended by adding at the end:
"(F) The license tax collected by the Department of Revenue and Taxation on a machine licensed to subsection (A)(3) of this section must be remitted annually to the county in which the licensed machine is located. These funds must be used by the governing body of the county to rollback county ad valorem taxes."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect June 1, 1995.