Current Status Bill Number:3059 Ratification Number:210 Act Number:128 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970114 Primary Sponsor:Inabinett All Sponsors:Inabinett, Altman, Lloyd and Moody-Lawrence Drafted Document Number:PT\2744HTC.97 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19970605 Date of Last Amendment:19970429 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19970611 Subject:Property tax classification, agricultural; seafood processing facilities; assessments
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19970630 Act No. A128 ------ 19970611 Signed by Governor ------ 19970609 Ratified R210 Senate 19970605 Read third time, enrolled for ratification Senate 19970527 Read second time, notice of general amendments Senate 19970521 Committee report: Favorable 06 SF Senate 19970501 Introduced, read first time, 06 SF referred to Committee House 19970430 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19970429 Amended, read second time House 19970429 Request for debate by Representative Kirsh House 19970417 Committee report: Favorable with 30 HWM amendment House 19970114 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee House 19961211 Prefiled, referred to Committee 30 HWMView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A128, R210, H3059)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-43-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROPERTY TAX, SO AS TO INCLUDE A DOCKSIDE FACILITY PRIMARILY USED FOR LANDING AND PROCESSING SEAFOOD WITHIN THE CLASSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURAL REAL PROPERTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Agricultural property
SECTION 1. Section 12-43-220(d) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 406 of 1994, is further amended by adding at the end:
"(5) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, a dockside facility whose primary use is the landing and processing of seafood is considered agricultural real property."
Time effective
SECTION 2. Upon approval by the Governor, this act is effective for tax years beginning after 1996.
Approved the 11th day of June, 1997.