South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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Bill 1348

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AMENDED

April 22, 2010

S. 1348

Introduced by Senator Campsen

S. Printed 4/22/10--S.    [SEC 4/23/10 4:05 PM]

Read the first time April 13, 2010.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 16, TITLE 12 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE ESTATE TAX, BY ADDING SECTION 12-16-1960 TO PROVIDE THAT THE WILL OR TRUST OF A DECEDENT WHO DIES IN 2010 THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN FORMULAE SHALL BE DEEMED TO REFER TO THE FEDERAL ESTATE TAX LAW AS IT APPLIED ON DECEMBER 31, 2009.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 16, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 12-16-1960.    (A)    A will or trust of a decedent who dies after December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2011, that contains a formula referring to the 'unified credit,' 'estate tax exemption,' 'applicable exemption amount,' 'applicable credit amount,' 'applicable exclusion amount', 'generation-skipping transfer tax exemption', 'GST exemption', 'marital deduction', 'maximum marital deduction', 'unlimited marital deduction', 'inclusion ratio', 'applicable fraction', or any section of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the federal estate tax or generation-skipping transfer tax, or that measures a share of an estate or trust based on the amount that can pass free of federal estate tax or the amount that can pass free of federal generation-skipping transfer taxes, or that is otherwise based on a similar provision of federal estate tax or generation-skipping transfer tax law, shall be deemed to refer to the federal estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax laws as they applied with respect to estates of decedents dying on December 31, 2009. This provision shall not apply with respect to a will or trust that is executed or amended after December 31, 2009, or that manifests an intent that a contrary rule shall apply if the decedent dies on a date on which there is no then-applicable federal estate or generation-skipping transfer tax. If the federal estate or generation-skipping transfer tax becomes effective before that date, the reference to January 1, 2011, in this subsection shall refer instead to the first date on which such tax becomes legally effective.

(B)    The personal representative, trustee, or any affected beneficiary under the will, trust, or other instrument may bring a proceeding to determine whether the decedent intended that the formulae under this subsection be construed with respect to the law as it existed after December 31, 2009. The proceeding must be commenced within twelve months following the death of the decedent."

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

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