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Bill 3323

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3323
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010124
Primary Sponsor:                  Rodgers
All Sponsors:                     Rodgers, Gilham, Stuart and Whatley
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11153ac01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Local transportation projects, local 
                                  option sales and use tax, imposition of; 
                                  referendum, revenue; Elections, Taxation


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010124  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 4-37-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SALES AND USE TAXES OR TOLL ORDINANCES IMPOSED BY COUNTIES AS A REVENUE SOURCE FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE IMPOSITION OF THE TAX IS NOT APPROVED AT A REFERENDUM ANOTHER REFERENDUM MAY BE HELD.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 4-37-30(A)(2) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 368 of 2000, is further amended to read:

    "(2)    Upon receipt of the ordinance, the county election commission shall conduct a referendum on the question of imposing the optional special sales and use tax in the jurisdiction. A referendum for this purpose must be held at the time of the general election. However, if the imposition of the sales and use tax authorized by this section is not approved at the referendum, the governing body of the county may call for another referendum under the provisions of this section, and the subsequent referendum must be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November and may be held in the calendar year immediately following the previous referendum. The commission shall publish the date and purpose of the referendum once a week for four consecutive weeks immediately preceding the date of the referendum in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction. A public hearing must be conducted at least fourteen days before the referendum after publication of a notice setting forth the date, time, and location of the public hearing. The notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least fourteen days before the date fixed for the public hearing."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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