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S. 480
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Pinckney
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22876htc03.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 892
Introduced in the Senate on March 12, 2003
Introduced in the House on April 2, 2003
Last Amended on April 1, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Local accommodations tax; additional purposes revenue may be used
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/12/2003 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-4
3/12/2003 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-4
3/27/2003 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance SJ-33
4/1/2003 Senate Amended SJ-11
4/1/2003 Senate Read second time SJ-11
4/1/2003 Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-11
4/2/2003 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-28
4/2/2003 House Introduced and read first time HJ-102
4/2/2003 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-102
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
April 1, 2003
S. 480
S. Printed 4/01/03--S.
Read the first time March 12, 2003.
TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-530, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE USES ALLOWED FOR THE REVENUES OF THE LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX, SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA A COUNTY MAY MEET TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ADDITIONAL PURPOSES FOR WHICH LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX REVENUES MAY BE USED.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 6-1-530(B) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 138 of 1997, is further amended to read:
"(B)(1) In a county in which at least nine hundred thousand dollars in accommodations taxes is collected annually pursuant to Section 12-36-920, the revenues of the local accommodations tax authorized in this article may also be used for the operation and maintenance of those items provided in (A)(1) through (6) including police, fire protection, emergency medical services, and emergency-preparedness operations directly attendant to those facilities.
(2) In a county in which less than nine hundred thousand dollars in accommodations taxes is collected annually, an amount not to exceed fifty percent of the revenue in the preceding fiscal year of the local accommodations tax authorized pursuant to this article may be used for the additional purposes provided in item (1) of this subsection."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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