South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 359

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Rice
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11110dg21.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance

Summary: Local fees, limitations

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance
   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 283)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance 
                        (Senate Journal-page 283)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE IMPOSITION OF LOCAL FEES, SO AS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF A STORMWATER FEE TO FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF AD VALOREM TAXES LEVIED ON THE PROPERTY BY THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY IMPOSING THE FEE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 6-1-330 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:

    "( )    If a local governing body imposes a stormwater fee, the fee imposed on a piece of real property may not exceed fifteen percent of the amount of ad valorem taxes levied, before any credits or deductions are applied, on the real property resulting from millage imposed by the local governing body in the previous property tax year."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect January 1, 2022.

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