Legislation Sponsored by Merrill (11)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 5/3/2024


H 3058 Requires business license taxes to be based on size of the businessSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires that the imposition of a business license tax on a business must be based on the size of the business in terms of number of employees and not on its gross income.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Business License Business Licensing
Work
H 3062 Calculating property taxes in municipalities located in two or more countiesSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the prior fair market values of taxable property be used until the year when all the other counties in the municipality have completed and implemented reassessment.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3063 Requires equivalent millage in municipalities located in more than one county04.05.11 The House Ways and Means committee gave this bill a favorable report. 03.08.11 The House Ways and Means Property Tax subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report. Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires the governing body of the municipality  to set an equivalent millage to be used thereafter to compute municipal property taxes in municipalities that extend into more than one county and those counties are not on the same reassessment schedule.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 4/14/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3175 Prohibits the use of public funds to employ a lobbyistSummary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits the use of public funds to contract with a person whose activities include lobbying.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Viers Status Date: 1/19/2011
Keywords: General Governance
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H 3192 Exemption from impact fees for construction of a schoolSummary of the bill as introduced: Exempts construction or renovation of an elementary, middle or secondary school facility from impact fees. This bill also makes the exemption retroactive to July 1, 2008.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 1/26/2011
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes
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H 3419 Taxpayer Fairness Act02.17.11 The Ways and Means committee gave this bill a favorable report. 02.10.11 The House Ways and Means General Government, Personnel and Benefits subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report. Summary of the bill as introduced: Outlines that terms in the tax statutes of this state may not be given broader meaning that intended by policy documents and regulations of the Department of Revenue.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 3/15/2011
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes
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H 3713 Point of sale04.05.11 The House Ways and Means committee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment removes the retroactivity language. Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter attached a minority report to the bill. 03.08.11 The House Ways and Means Property Tax subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report by a vote of 3-2. Mayor Riley testified against the bill and was joined by Mayors Summey, Halfacre, Horton and Pennington. Summary of the bill as introduced: Eliminates point of sale assessments.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Act No. 57 Status Date: 6/20/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 4607 Periodic countywide property tax reassessment programsSummary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits the Department of Revenue from approving for implementation a countywide reassessment program unless that plan has a median appraisal level as near to 100 percent of fair market value for all property.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 1/17/2012
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes Property Taxes
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H 4608 Requires reassessment programs to occur in all counties simultaneously beginning in 2015Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires periodic  countywide property tax reassessments to be conducted in all counties simultaneously beginning in 2015 and to postpone until 2015 the conducting of such programs scheduled for 2013 and 2014.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 1/17/2012
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 4898 Makes changes to the state retirement system03.06.12 The House Ways and Means committee gave this bill a favorable report with amendments. The amendments state the employer contribution rate in the bill and phases in the employee 1 percent contribution over two years for current employees only.Summary of the bill as introduced: Makes changes to the current state retirement system.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: G.R.Smith Status Date: 3/1/2012
Keywords: Retirement
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H 5049 Appeals of a property assessment value04.18.12 The House Ways and Means committee gave this bill a favorable report.04.17.12 The House Ways and Means Property Tax subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires the appeal of a property assessment value be based on the market values of real property as of December 31 of the tax year under appeal.
Sponsor: Merrill House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Finance Status Date: 5/1/2012
Keywords: Property Taxes
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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