South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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R20, S724

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator McGill
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11406dg11.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 22, 2011
Introduced in the House on March 29, 2011
Passed by the General Assembly on March 31, 2011
Governor's Action: April 12, 2011, Vetoed
Legislative veto action(s): Veto sustained

Summary: Lower Florence County Hospital District

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/22/2011  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 14)
   3/23/2011          Scrivener's error corrected
   3/23/2011  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 25)
   3/23/2011  Senate  Roll call Ayes-4  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 25)
   3/23/2011  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (Senate Journal-page 25)
   3/24/2011  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
   3/29/2011  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 22)
   3/30/2011  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 26)
   3/31/2011  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 22)
    4/6/2011          Ratified R 20
   4/12/2011          Vetoed by Governor
   4/26/2011  Senate  Veto sustained Ayes-0  Nays-31 (Senate Journal-page 45)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/22/2011
3/22/2011-A
3/23/2011
3/29/2011

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(R20, S724)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 1095 OF 1962, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE LOWER FLORENCE COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PROCESS BY WHICH THE FLORENCE COUNTY COUNCIL MAY LEVY MILLAGE WITHIN THE DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING, AND MAINTAINING HOSPITAL FACILITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

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

Millage to be levied for hospital

SECTION    1.    Act 1095 of 1962, as last amended by Act 378 of 2008, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION at the end to read:

"SECTION    ___.    (A)    Subject to the requirements of this section, the Board of Directors of the Lower Florence County Hospital District may petition the Florence County Council to levy millage within the district for purposes of meeting costs incurred in the construction, equipping, and maintaining hospital facilities within the district.

(B)(1)    Upon receipt of an ordinance from Florence County Council authorizing the levying of millage within the district, the Florence County election commission shall conduct a referendum on the question of levying millage within the district. A referendum for this purpose must be held on the first Tuesday ninety days after the adoption of the resolution, or at the next general election, whichever is specified in the ordinance. Two weeks before the referendum, the election commission shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation the question that is to appear on the ballot. The state election laws apply to the referendum, mutatis mutandis. The election commission shall publish the results of the referendum and certify them to the county council. The mills must not be levied in the district unless a majority of the qualified electors within the district voting in the referendum approve the question.

(2)    The ballot must read substantially as follows:

'Must the Lower Florence County Hospital District levy millage on all real and personal property within the district for the purpose of constructing, equipping, and maintaining hospital facilities within the district?

Yes    []

No    []'

(3)    If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of levying millage, then the mills may be levied beginning in the next property tax year. The initial levy may not exceed ten mills.

(C)    Upon the levy of millage pursuant to this section, the board of directors may issue additional general obligation bonds of Lower Florence County Hospital District in the same manner and with the same full faith and credit as provided in Section 8. The board may issue general obligation bonds in an amount equal to seventy-five percent of the projected revenue in the current property tax year resulting from the levy of millage and these bonds do not count toward the bond limits in Section 8."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 6th day of April, 2011.

__________________________________________

President of the Senate

___________________________________________

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Approved the ____________ day of _____________________2011.

___________________________________________

Governor

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