South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 3488


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       3488
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970219
Primary Sponsor:                   Fleming
All Sponsors:                      Fleming, McKay, Sandifer,
                                   Limbaugh and Tripp 
Drafted Document Number:           jic\5372htc.97
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Ways and Means Committee 30
                                   HWM
Subject:                           Agriculture property, rollback
                                   tax deleted, change of use penalty;
                                   agricultural, taxation



History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970219  Introduced, read first time,             30 HWM
                  referred to Committee

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-43-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT RATIOS OF PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF AD VALOREM TAXATION, SO AS TO DELETE THE ROLLBACK TAX AND TO IMPOSE A CHANGE OF USE PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS WHEN REAL PROPERTY IS CHANGED FROM AGRICULTURAL USE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 12-43-220(d)(4) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 404 of 1988, is further amended to read:

"(4) When real property which is in agricultural use and is being valued, assessed, and taxed under the provisions of this article, is applied to a use other than agricultural, it is subject to additional taxes, hereinafter referred to as roll-back taxes, in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between the taxes paid or payable on the basis of the valuation and the assessment authorized hereunder and the taxes that would have been paid or payable had the real property been valued, assessed, and taxed as other real property in the taxing district, in the current tax year (the year of change in use) and each of the five tax years immediately preceding in which the real property was valued, assessed, and taxed as herein provided. If in the tax year in which a change in use of the realproperty occurs the real property was not valued, assessed, and taxed under this article, then the real property is subject to roll-back taxes for each of the five tax years immediately preceding in which the real property was valued, assessed, and taxed hereunder. In determining the amounts of the roll-back taxes chargeable on real property which has undergone a change in use, the assessor shall for each of the roll-back tax years involved ascertain:

(A) the fair market value of such real property under the valuation standard applicable to other real property in the same classification;

(B) the amount of the real property assessment for the particular tax year by multiplying such fair market value by the appropriate assessment ratio provided in this article;

(C) the amount of the additional assessment on the real property for the particular tax year by deducting the amount of the actual assessment on the real property for that year from the amount of the real property assessment determined under (B) of this section;

(D) the amount of the rollback for that tax year by multiplying the amount of the additional assessment determined under (C) of this section by the property tax rate of the taxing district applicable for that tax year a change of use penalty in an amount equal to twenty-five dollars which must be added to the tax due and which is collectible as taxes are collected."

SECTION 2. Upon approval by the Governor, this act is effective for taxable years beginning after 1996.

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