Bill Text: SC H5134 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Property Tax Exemption

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 25-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-30 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bryant [H5134 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-H5134-Introduced.html


A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN FARM BUILDINGS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 12-37-220(B)(14) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(14)    all farm buildings and agricultural structures owned by a producer in this State used to house livestock, poultry, crops, farm equipment, or farm supplies and all farm machinery and equipment including self-propelled farm machinery and equipment except for motor vehicles licensed for use on the highways. For the purpose of this section 'self-propelled farm machinery and equipment' means farm machinery or equipment which contains within itself the means for its own locomotion. For purposes of this item, farm equipment includes greenhouses;"

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and first applies to property tax years after 2021.

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