South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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A333, R370, H4307

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Stewart
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22283htc06.doc

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2006
Introduced in the Senate on April 26, 2006
Last Amended on May 23, 2006
Passed by the General Assembly on May 30, 2006
Governor's Action: June 2, 2006, Signed

Summary: Property tax

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  11/16/2005  House   Prefiled
  11/16/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
   1/10/2006  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-24
   1/10/2006  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-24
   4/20/2006  House   Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means HJ-8
   4/25/2006  House   Read second time
   4/26/2006  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-20
   4/26/2006  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   4/26/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-5
    5/5/2006  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Hayes (ch), Land, Courson, 
                        Matthews, Grooms, Richardson
   5/17/2006  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Finance SJ-9
   5/23/2006  Senate  Amended SJ-22
   5/24/2006  Senate  Read second time SJ-32
   5/24/2006  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day SJ-32
   5/25/2006  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-13
   5/30/2006  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-40
   5/31/2006          Ratified R 370
    6/2/2006          Signed By Governor
    6/9/2006          Copies available
    6/9/2006          Effective date See Act for Effective Date
   6/16/2006          Act No. 333

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/16/2005
4/20/2006
5/17/2006
5/23/2006


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A333, R370, H4307)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 12-37-2645 SO AS TO INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE FOR PROPERTY TAX PURPOSES THE DEFINITION OF PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE USED IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING AND REGISTRATION LAW, INCREASE THE WEIGHT LIMIT FOR PICKUP TRUCKS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DEFINITION, AND INCLUDE MOTORCYCLES WITHIN THIS INCORPORATED DEFINITION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO EXEMPT AN ANTIQUE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSED WITH THE SPECIAL ANTIQUE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE ALLOWED BY LAW.

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

Property tax, assessment ratio, motor vehicles

SECTION    1.    Article 21, Chapter 37, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 12-37-2645.    For purposes of determining the appropriate assessment ratio used in the calculation of the assessed value of a motor vehicle and for defining those motor vehicles subject to the assessment ratios provided in Section 1(8)(B)(a) of Article X of the Constitution of this State, the definition of 'private passenger motor vehicle' provided in Section 56-3-630 applies except that in the case of pickup trucks, the empty weight and gross weight limits provided in that definition are increased respectively to nine thousand pounds or less and eleven thousand pounds or less and the definition is deemed to include motorcycles."

Antique motor vehicles exempt from property tax

SECTION    2.    Section 12-37-220(B) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:

"( )    a motor vehicle licensed and registered as an antique motor vehicle pursuant to Article 23, Chapter 3 of Title 56."

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies with respect to motor vehicle tax years beginning after the last day of the second month following the month in which this act was approved by the Governor except that Section 2 applies to motor vehicle antique property tax years beginning after June 30, 2006.

Ratified the 31st day of May, 2006.

Approved the 2nd day of June, 2006.

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