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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.222 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990112 Primary Sponsor:Wilson All Sponsors:Wilson Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\10019mm99.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Ordinances by petition of county electors, property tax revenue expenditure; Political Subdivisions, Counties History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 19990112 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Senate 19981216 Prefiled, referred to Committee 11 SJ Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 4-9-1210, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF A COUNTY PROPOSING CERTAIN ORDINANCES BY PETITION, SO AS TO REVISE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR THE PETITION AND TO AUTHORIZE THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF A COUNTY, SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT, FISCALLY AUTONOMOUS SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION RECEIVING PROPERTY TAX REVENUES TO PROPOSE AN ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION LIMITING THE TOTAL REVENUE WHICH THE ENTITY MAY EXPEND DURING A FISCAL YEAR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 4-9-1210 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 4-9-1210. (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (B), the qualified electors of any a county may propose any an ordinance, except an ordinance appropriating money or authorizing the levy of taxes, and adopt or reject such the ordinance at the polls. Any An initiated ordinance may be submitted to the council by a petition signed by qualified electors of the county equal in number to at least fifteen five percent of the qualified electors of the county.
(B)(1) The qualified electors of a county may propose an ordinance limiting the total revenue which the county may expend during a fiscal year. Fiscal year revenue means all revenue received by the county except for federal funds and state funds. Revenue limits do not apply to a county enterprise that receives less than twenty-five percent of its revenue from property taxes. An initiated ordinance may be submitted to the county council by petition signed by qualified electors of the county equal in number to at least five percent of the qualified electors of the county. The revenue limits may be exceeded for the issuance or repayment of bonds which do not exceed the applicable constitutional debt limitation.
(2) The qualified electors of a special purpose or public service district, fiscally autonomous school district, or other political subdivision receiving revenue from property taxes may propose an ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, limiting spending pursuant to the process provided in this section, with the same limitations, mutatis mutandis. The ordinance or resolution must be considered or adopted, or both, in the same manner an ordinance initiated by petition is considered and adopted as provided in this article."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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