South Carolina House Bill 3590 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Introduced on February 19 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-04-21 - Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-39

A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 9 TO CHAPTER 10, TITLE 4 ENACTING THE "LOCAL OPTION TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FEE ACT" SO AS TO ALLOW A COUNTY IN WHICH AT LEAST FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS OF STATE ACCOMMODATIONS TAX REVENUES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN A FISCAL YEAR AND A MUNICIPALITY LOCATED IN SUCH A COUNTY TO IMPOSE A FEE NOT TO EXCEED ONE PERCENT OF AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO TAX PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 36, TITLE 12, THE SOUTH CAROLINA SALES AND USE TAX ACT, FOR NOT MORE THAN TEN YEARS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNTY MAY IMPOSE THE FEE BY ORDINANCE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND A MUNICIPALITY MAY IMPOSE THE FEE BY ORDINANCE IN THE MUNICIPALITY, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FEE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT USES FOR WHICH THE FEE REVENUE MUST BE APPLIED, INCLUDING TOURISM PROMOTION, PROPERTY TAX ROLLBACK, AND CAPITAL PROJECTS PROMOTING TOURISM CAUSES.

Allow A County In Which At Least Fourteen Million Dollars Of State Accommodations Tax Revenues Have Been Collected In A Fiscal Year And A Municipality Located In Such A County To Impose A Fee Not To Exceed One Percent Of Amounts Subject To Tax Pursuant To Chapter 36, Title 12, The South Carolina Sales And Use Tax Act, For Not More Than Ten Years, To Provide That The County May Impose The Fee By Ordinance In The Unincorporated Areas Of The County And A Municipality May Impose The Fee By Ordinance In The Municipality, To Provide For The Administration Of The Fee, And To Provide That Uses For Which The Fee Revenue Must Be Applied, Including Tourism Promotion, Property Tax Rollback, And Capital Projects Promoting Tourism Causes.

Rep. Alan Clemmons [R]	Rep. Tracy Edge [R]	Rep. Nelson Hardwick [R]	Rep. George Hearn [R]
Rep. Thad Viers [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-21		Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-39
2009-04-02		Debate adjourned until Tuesday, April 7, 2009 HJ-26
2009-04-01		Scrivener's error corrected
2009-04-01		Debate adjourned until Thursday, April 2, 2009 HJ-42
2009-03-31		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means HJ-10
2009-02-19		Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-10
2009-02-19		Introduced and read first time HJ-9

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Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=3590&session=118