South Carolina General Assembly
111th Session, 1995-1996

Bill 3237

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    3237
Ratification Number:            142
Act Number:                     89
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19950112
Primary Sponsor:                Jennings
All Sponsors:                   Jennings and Baxley
Drafted Document Number:        council\legis\bills\gjk\21040sd.95
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19950529
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19950607
Subject:                        Judges, justices; screening of when
                                retired
History



Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19950607  Act No. A89
------  19950607  Signed by Governor
------  19950606  Ratified R142
Senate  19950529  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  19950525  Read second time
Senate  19950524  Committee report: Favorable              11 SJ
Senate  19950505  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
House   19950504  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19950503  Read second time
House   19950329  Committee report: Majority,              25 HJ
                  favorable with amendment,
                  Minority, unfavorable
House   19950112  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
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(A142, R217, H3647)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-11-140, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LIMITATION ON GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, SO AS TO PROHIBIT APPROPRIATIONS OF SURPLUS REVENUES BEFORE THE CLOSING OF THE STATE'S BOOKS FOR A FISCAL YEAR AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT UNAVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATION IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT PURSUANT TO THE LIMITATION, AFTER TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND OF AMOUNTS NECESSARY TO OFFSET A RECOGNIZED BUDGET SHORTFALL FOR THE YEAR FOR WHICH THE LIMITATION APPLIED, IS APPROPRIATED TO THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FUND.

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

Surplus appropriated

SECTION 1. Section 11-11-140 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 7, Part II, Act 497 of 1994, is further amended by adding at the end:

"(F) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (D), appropriations from surplus may not be expended before the Comptroller General's closing of the books on the fiscal year in which the surplus occurred. The surplus in this subsection, that is the calculated set-aside as defined in this section, after reduction by way of transfer to the general fund of such amount as necessary to offset any recognized budget shortfall for the fiscal year in which the set-aside surplus occurred, is appropriated for deposit in the State Property Tax Relief Fund. After the first year that the State Property Tax Relief Fund is fully funded, the procedure in subsection (D) must be applied."

Time effective

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

Approved the 5th day of July, 1995.