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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3008 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010109 Primary Sponsor:Campsen All Sponsors:Campsen Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\9739htc01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Charleston Delegation 97 HLD Subject:Charleston County School District Trustees, County Council; school budget operations, authorized to levy taxes for History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010109 Introduced, read first time, 97 HLD referred to Charleston Delegation ------ 20001213 Scrivener's error corrected House 20001206 Prefiled, referred to Charleston 97 HLD Delegation Versions of This Bill Revised on December 13, 2000 - Word format
TO AMEND ACT 340 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARLESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SUBMIT ITS PROPOSED BUDGETS TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW ON OR BEFORE JUNE THIRTIETH OF EACH YEAR, TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO COMMENT AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO WHICH THE BOARD MUST RESPOND IN WRITING WHILE LEAVING AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THESE COMMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE BOARD'S DISCRETION, TO DEVOLVE FROM THE CHARLESTON COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL THE AUTHORITY TO LEVY IN EXCESS OF NINETY MILLS IN PROPERTY TAXES FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS, AND TO REQUIRE THIS APPROVAL BY ORDINANCE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 10 of Act 340 of 1967, as last amended by Act 1602 of 1972, is further amended to read:
"Section 10. The Board of Trustees of the Charleston School District shall prepare and submit to the Charleston County Council Legislative Delegation, as information, on or before the fifteenth day of August June thirtieth of each year beginning in 1968 a proposed budget its complete proposed budgets for the ensuing school year. Council shall review the budgets and may offer comments or recommendations to which the board must respond in writing. The board shall respond in a timely manner to requests made by council in the course of its review of these budgets. Acceptance or rejection of county council's comments or recommendations are at the discretion of the board. In order to obtain funds for school purposes the board is authorized to impose an annual tax levy, commencing in 1968, not to exceed ninety mills, exclusive of any millage imposed for bond debt service. A tax levy for any year exceeding ninety mills must be approved by county council by ordinance. In the event If the board determines that the annual tax levy should exceed ninety mills, the board shall hold a public hearing on the question at least two weeks prior to before submitting such the request to the legislative delegation county council. Notice of such the public hearing shall must be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and shall must state the date, time, and place of the hearing as well as a clearly worded statement of the requested annual tax levy. Upon certification by the board approval by county council of a tax levy exceeding ninety mills, county council shall certify to the county auditor of the tax levy to be imposed, and the auditor shall levy and the county treasurer shall collect the millage so certified upon all taxable property in the district."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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