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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.254 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990112 Primary Sponsor:Leatherman All Sponsors:Leatherman, Elliott, Wilson, McConnell Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11057mm99.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Finance Committee 06 SF Subject:Property taxes, county; payment of may be made by credit card, Taxation, Banks and Savings and Loan Associations History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 19990112 Introduced, read first time, 06 SF referred to Committee Senate 19981216 Prefiled, referred to Committee 06 SF Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 12-45-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PAYMENT OF COUNTY TAXES, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AND IMPOSITION OF A VOLUNTARY AND NONREFUNDABLE SURCHARGE BY THE COUNTY GOVERNING BODY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 12-45-90 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 12-45-90. Taxes shall be are payable in the following kinds of funds and no other: Silver coin, United States currency, United States postal money orders, and checks subject to collection, and credit cards if the county governing body approves payment by credit card. The county governing body authorizing acceptance of credit card payments must impose a surcharge upon the payer by credit card equal to or less than the amount of a discount or administrative fee charged to or incurred by the local government. When a person elects to make a payment to a local government by credit card and a surcharge is imposed, payment of the surcharge by the payer is voluntary and nonrefundable under all circumstances. Jury certificates and per diem of witnesses in the circuit court and all county claims which have been approved and certificates issued by the governing body of the county shall be are receivable for taxes due the county in which such the services were rendered or such the claims approved, not including school taxes."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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