South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 4782

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Robinson, Brawley, Jefferson and R. Williams
Document Path: l:\council\bills\rt\17668sa20.docx

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2020
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Property tax exemption

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2019  House   Prefiled
  12/11/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
   1/14/2020  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 103)
   1/14/2020  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 103)
    2/4/2020  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley, 
                        Jefferson, R.Williams

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2019

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR ANY AMOUNT OF VALUE ADDED AS A RESULT OF A COUNTYWIDE APPRAISAL AND EQUALIZATION PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 12-37-220(B) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:

    "( )    any amount of value added as a result of the countywide appraisal and equalization program pursuant to Section 12-43-217 on the primary residence of an individual who is eligible for the homestead exemption pursuant to Section 12-37-250 or has an annual income of less than fifty thousand dollars, and whose property value increased due to the increase in value of surrounding properties."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect beginning in property tax years after 2019.

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