Legislation with Tracking Level = Priority (8)
Date of Last Recorded Action: 5/3/2024
H 3516
H 3516
Suspends restrictions on amending or repealing provisions in the State Aid to Subdivisions Act
04.14.11 The Senate Finance committee gave this bill a favorable report. 03.08.11 The Senate Finance committee carried this bill over. 02.17.11 The House Ways and Means committee gave this bill a favorable report. 02.01.11 The House Ways and Means Revenue Policy subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report. Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows the General Assembly to reduce the funding to the Local Government Fund by suspending restrictions on amending or repealing provisions in the State Aid to Subdivisions Act for fiscal year 2011-2012. This bill also allows counties for fiscal year 2011-2012 to transfer among appropriated state revenues as needed to ensure delivery of services.
Sponsor:
Cooper
House Com:
Senate Com:
Status: Committee report: Favorable Finance
Status Date: 4/19/2011
Keywords:
Finance/Revenue/Taxes
Priority
H 4425
Annexation and utility services
Summary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits a municipality from requiring annexation as a condition precedent to providing utility services.
Sponsor:
Viers
House Com:
Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Status Date: 1/10/2012
Keywords:
Annexation
Priority
H 4628
Rehabilitation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Buildings Act
02.29.12 The House Judiciary Local Laws subcommittee carried this bill over.Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows a city or town to bring a cause of action against the owners of a property not in substantial compliance with certain municipal ordinances.
Sponsor:
G.R. Smith
House Com:
Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Huggins
Status Date: 3/8/2012
Keywords:
Courts
Economic Development
General Governance
Priority
H 4710
Allows the General Assembly to cut the Local Government Fund
02.21.12 The House Ways and Means committee gave this bill a favorable report.02.21.12 The House Ways and Means Revenue Policy Legislative subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Suspends the provision in the code of laws that prevents amending or repealing the state aid to subdivisions act for fiscal year 2012-2013. It also allows counties to transfer among appropriated state revenues as needed to ensure the delivery of services.
Sponsor:
White
House Com:
Senate Com:
Status: Committed to Committee on Finance
Status Date: 3/27/2012
Keywords:
Finance/Revenue/Taxes
Priority
H 5141
Municipal Capital Projects Sales Tax Act
Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows for the imposition of a one percent sales and use tax by referendum in a municipality for eight years for speficially outlined capital projects. The bill also requires that a current hospitality tax be suspended during the period of time of the capital projects sales tax.
Sponsor:
Bingham
House Com:
Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
Status Date: 4/19/2012
Keywords:
Finance/Revenue/Taxes
Sales Taxes
Priority
S 0229
Property Owner Protection Act of 2011
03.22.11 The Senate Finance Property Tax subcommittee met but did not take action on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced:Caps increases in value of sold property at 15 percent at point of sale and again at reassessment. .
Sponsor:
Cromer
House Com:
Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Finance
Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords:
Finance/Revenue/Taxes
Property Taxes
Priority
S 0647
Point of sale
03.29.11 The Senate Finance committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee. Members voted 12 to 6 to approve the bill. Senators Land, Leventis, McGill, Matthews, Pinckney and Jackson voted against the bill. 03.22.11 The Senate Finance Property Tax subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment removes the retroactivity language. Summary of the bill as introduced: Eliminates point of sale assessments.
Sponsor:
Campbell
House Com:
Senate Com:
Status: Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Finance
Status Date: 3/30/2011
Keywords:
Property Taxes
Priority
S 1117
Rehabilitation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Buildings Act
03.28.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried this bill over.02.15.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried this bill over to make technical changes.Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows a city or town to bring cause of action against the owner of property not in substantial compliance with certain municipal ordinances.
Sponsor:
Hutto
House Com:
Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Subcommittee: Cleary (ch), Ford, S.Martin, Gregory
Status Date: 1/24/2012
Keywords:
Courts
Economic Development
General Governance
Priority
Municipal Association of South Carolina
1411 Gervais St., PO Box 12109, Columbia, SC 29211
Phone: 803.799.9574, Fax: 803.933.1299,
mail@masc.sc
