Bills Assigned to Keyword - Property Taxes (70)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 4/26/2024


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 3076 Four percent assessement ratio on vacated propertySummary of the bill as introduced: Allows the owner of residential property to claim the four percent assessment ratio for vacant property in calendar year 2011, 2012, or 2013 whether or not the owner has claimed the four percent assessment ratio on another property.
Sponsor: Bowen 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 3078 Property tax exemptions on cars for surviving spouses of veteransSummary of the bill as introduced: Extends the exemption for a private passenger vehicle owned or leased to an eligible disable veteran to a vehicle owned or leased by the surviving spouse of the veteran.
Sponsor: Delleney House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works Status Date: 1/11/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3081 Property tax exemption on one vehicle for individuals over 65 years oldSummary of the bill as introduced: Exempts from property taxes one private passenger vehicle owned or leased by an individual who is 65 years old.
Sponsor: Gambrell 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 3087 Exempts individuals who are 65 years old from all property taxesSummary of the bill as introduced: Exempts the owner of a owner-occupied residence who has reached the age of 65 years old from all property tax equal to 100 percent of the value subject to tax.
Sponsor: Spires 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 3088 Allows the deduction of assessments on property in connection with providing servicesSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows the deduction of assessments, other than property taxes, on real property in connection with providing services or potential services for the benefit of the property owner. This bill also allows the deduction of the charge for a permit, license, surcharge or other fee required to be paid to a unit of government in connection with improvements to real property.
Sponsor: Umphlett 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 3089 Requires written notice when agricultural land is transferred to another ownerSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the transferor of real property receiving the agricultural use classification to provide written notice to the transferee before closing that the property is receiving the agricultural use classification.
Sponsor: Umphlett House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Long Status Date: 1/12/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3090 Allows bids regarding contaminated propertySummary of the bill as introduced: Allows but doesn't require a bid on behalf of a county forfeited land commission by the official conducting a delinquent property tax sale. This bill also conforms bidding provisions related to contaminated property.
Sponsor: Umphlett 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 3298 Resolution to extend developers' property tax discountSummary of the bill as introduced: Extends the developers' maximum five year multiple subdivision lot property tax discount through property tax year 2015 for those lots on which the discount expires with property tax years 2010 through 2014.
Sponsor: Lowe House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 1/12/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3331 Increases the exemption amount under the property tax homestead exemptionSummary of the bill as introduced: Increases the exemption amount for the homestead property tax exemption from the first $50,000 to the first $75,000 of the fair market value of the homestead.
Sponsor: Crosby House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 1/18/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3401 Allows the four percent ratio for active duty member of the armed forcesSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows an active duty member of the armed forces of the US who is allowed the four percent assessment ratio on his personal residence to retain that assessment ratio and any exemption even if permanently assigned to a duty station outside of SC.
Sponsor: Harrell House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 1/20/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3539 Requires a definition of fair market value for real propertySummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the General Assembly to provide by law a definition of fair market value for real property. This bill also eliminates the 15 percent limit on increases in the  value of property over 5 years and eliminates an assessable transfer of interest.
Sponsor: Hart House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 2/2/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3548 Makes multiple changes to property tax lawsSummary of the bill as introduced: Makes changes to the current property tax laws including restoring the former method of overriding the annual millage cap by a positive majority of the council and eliminates point of sale. 
Sponsor: Hart House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 2/2/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3591 Classifes solar energy real property as agricultural propertySummary of the bill as introduced: Classifies solar energy real property as agricultural property.
Sponsor: J.E. Smith House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 2/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3629 Allows the four percent ratio for active duty member of the armed forcesSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows an active duty member of the armed forces of the US who is allowed the four percent assessment ratio on his personal residence to retain that assessment ratio as long as the owner remains on active duty.
Sponsor: J.E. Smith House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 2/8/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3652 Requires social security numbers to clarify the four percent property tax assessment03.08.11 The House Ways and Means Property Tax subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill. Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires an applicant for the special four percent assessment ratio to provide the social security numbers of the owners of the property and members of the household.
Sponsor: Cooper House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 2/10/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3655 Requires a definition of fair market valueSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the General Assembly to provide by law a definition of fair market value for real property for purposes of the property tax.
Sponsor: Sellers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 2/10/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3703 Requires use of compulsory sales when determining fair market valueSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the appraiser to include compulsory sales when determining fair market value for property tax purposes.
Sponsor: Edge House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 2/17/2011
Keywords: Property 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 3794 Four percent assessment ratio for an owner that maintains the property for a parentSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the assessment ratio on a residence which an owner maintains for a parent who occupies it as their principal residence to be four percent.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3798 Allows certain municipalities to exempt from property taxesSummary of the bill as introduced: Authorizes a municipality with a population of less than 5,000 to exempt  improvements to commercial property from municipal ad valorem taxation for not more than five years.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3800 Improvements within a one mile radius of a legal residence is considered contiguousSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows property and improvements within a one mile radius of a legal residence that qualifies for the special four percent assessment ratio to be considered contiguous to the legal residence.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3802 Suspension of property taxes on property located in a preservation districtSummary of the bill as introduced: Suspends all municipal property taxes for five years which would otherwise be imposed on new improvements to real property located in a preservation district established by a municipality within its corporate limits./
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3803 Assessment ratio on multiunit residential real propertySummary of the bill as introduced: Requires that multiunit residential real property containing four units or less where each unit occupant occupies as his principal residence on a rental or ownership basis must be taxed at four percent.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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