Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:295 Ratification Number:46 Act Number:226 Primary Sponsor:Reese Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Spartanburg County Cherokee Springs Fire District Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19930407 Computer Document Number:NO5/8773BD.93 Governor's Action:V Date of Governor's Action:19930426 Introduced Date:19930126 Date of Last Amendment:19930401 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:19930504 Last History Type:Act No. 226 Action on Governor's Veto:O Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Reese Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved
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295 ------ 19930504 Act No. 226
295 House 19930504 Veto overridden
295 House 19930428 Debate adjourned on Governors
Veto until Tuesday, May 4,
1993
295 Senate 19930427 Veto overridden
295 ------ 04199326 Vetoed by Governor
295 ------ 04199320 Ratified R 46
295 Senate 19930407 Concurred in House amendment
enrolled for ratification
295 House 19930402 Read third time, returned to
Senate with amendment
295 House 19930401 Amended, read second time,
unanimous consent for third
reading on Friday, April 2,
1993
295 House 19930331 Spartanburg Delegation 00
report: Favorable
295 House 19930202 Introduced read first time, 00
referred to Spartanburg
Delegation
295 Senate 19930129 Read third time, sent to House
295 Senate 19930128 Read second time, unanimous
consent for third reading on
Friday, January 29, 1993
295 Senate 19930126 Placed on Local and
Uncontested Calendar without
reference
295 Senate 19930126 Introduced, read first time
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(A226, R46, S295)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 318 OF 1965, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CHEROKEE SPRINGS FIRE DISTRICT IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF FIRE CONTROL FOR THE DISTRICT TO BORROW A MAXIMUM OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS INSTEAD OF A MAXIMUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND TO PROHIBIT AN INCREASE IN FEES OR AD VALOREM TAXES IN EXCESS OF THE TEN MILLS CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED WITHOUT A FAVORABLE VOTE OF THE RESIDENT ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Increase in indebtedness authorized for district
SECTION 1. Section 5(h) of Act 318 of 1965, as last amended by Act 740 of 1990, is further amended to read:
"(h) To borrow not exceeding one million dollars on terms and for a period as to the fire control board may seem most beneficial for the fire district in anticipation of taxes. The indebtedness must be evidenced by a note issued by the members of the board and the county treasurer. The full faith, credit, and taxing power of the Cherokee Springs Fire District is pledged irrevocably for the payment of the indebtedness."
Increase in fees or ad valorem taxes prohibited
SECTION 2. The increase in indebtedness authorized for the Cherokee Springs Fire District in Spartanburg County by the amendment contained in Section 1 of this act may not result in an increase in fees or ad valorem taxes in excess of the current authorized ten mills without a favorable vote of the electors residing in the district.
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Vetoed by the Governor - 4/26/93
Veto overridden by Senate - 4/27/93
Veto overridden by House - 5/4/93