Current Status Bill Number:534 Ratification Number:70 Act Number:47 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950216 Primary Sponsor:Finance Committee SF 06 All Sponsors:Finance Committee Drafted Document Number:JIC\5407HTC.95 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19950427 Governor's Action:U Signature of Governor not required Subject:Property tax exemptions
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------ 19950511 Ratified R70
House 19950427 Read third time, enrolled for
ratification
House 19950426 Read second time
House 19950420 Committee report: Favorable 30 HWM
House 19950223 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM
referred to Committee
Senate 19950222 Read third time, sent to House
Senate 19950221 Read second time, unanimous consent
for third reading on Wednesday,
19950222
Senate 19950216 Introduced, read first time,
placed on Calendar without reference
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(A47, R70, S534)
AN ACT TO RATIFY AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3, ARTICLE X OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, SO AS TO PERMIT A MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY TO EXEMPT FROM MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM TAXES FOR NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS ALL NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, CORPORATE OFFICE FACILITIES, DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES, AND ADDITIONS TO SUCH FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY, AND TO AUTHORIZE A SIMILAR EXEMPTION FOR ALL NEW ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND ADDITIONS TO SUCH ENTERPRISES LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY AND TO PROVIDE THAT THESE EXEMPTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THOSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY PROVIDE BY LAW.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Conditional amendment ratified
SECTION 1. The amendment to item (g), Section 3, Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, prepared under the terms of a Joint Resolution of 1994 bearing ratification number 424, having been submitted to the qualified electors at the general election of 1994 as prescribed in Section 1, Article XVI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and a favorable vote having been received on the amendment, is ratified and declared to be a part of the Constitution so that item (g), Section 3, Article X is amended by adding at the end:
"The governing body of a municipality may by ordinance exempt from municipal ad valorem taxation for not more than five years:
(1) all new corporate headquarters, corporate office facilities, distribution facilities located in the municipality, and additions to such facilities; and
(2) all facilities of new enterprises engaged in research and development activities located in the municipality, and additions to such facilities.
The exemptions allowed pursuant to this paragraph are subject to those terms and conditions that the General Assembly may provide by law."
Ratified the 11th day of May, 1995.