A bill

 

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 6-1-920, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC FACIlITIES FOR PURPOSES OF DEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT FEES, SO AS TO INCLUDE ROAD RESURFACING; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 6-1-1020, RELATING TO REfUNDS OF IMPACT FEES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE TIME A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY HAS TO EXPEND IMPACT FEE REVENUES.

 

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

 

SECTION 1.  Section 6-1-920(18)(d) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 

    (d) roads,  and streets, and the resurfacing thereof, and bridges including, but not limited to, rights-of-way and traffic signals;

 

SECTION 2.  Section 6-1-1020(A)(1) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 

    (1) the impact fees have not been expended within three seven years of the date they were scheduled to be expended on a first-in, first-out basis; or

 

SECTION 3.  The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide.  After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.

 

SECTION 4.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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