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| Bill | Property tax; local government service fees | AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A QUALIFIED SURVIVING SPOUSE MAY QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION IF THE QUALIFIED SURVIVING SPOUSE OWNS THE HOUSE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN HEIRS' PROPERTY QUALIFIES FOR THE EXEMPTION IF CERTAIN OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE MET; TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-300, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ASSESS TAXES AND FEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SERVICE OR USER FEE MUST BE USED TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF THE PAYERS; TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-330, RELATING TO A SERVICE OR USER FEE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PROVISION APPLIES TO AN ENTIRE ARTICLE, TO REQUIRE MILLAGE IMPOSED TO REPLACE A CERTAIN ROAD MAINTENANCE FEE MUST BE REPEALED BEFORE REIMPOSING A ROAD MAINTENANCE FEE, AND TO PROVIDE A REPORTING REQUIREMENT AND A LIABILITY PROVISION; TO AMEND SECTION 12-39-250, RELATING TO ADJUSTMENTS IN VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT FOR PURPOSES OF AD VALOREM TAXATION, SO AS TO REQUIRE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY FLOODING OR A HURRICANE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN FARM BUILDINGS AND AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES. - ratified title | us/states/sc | South Carolina General Assembly | 2021-2022 | S 233 | South Carolina S 233 (2021-2022) |
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South Carolina S 233 (2021-2022) — Property tax; local government service fees
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A QUALIFIED SURVIVING SPOUSE MAY QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION IF THE QUALIFIED SURVIVING SPOUSE OWNS THE HOUSE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN HEIRS' PROPERTY QUALIFIES FOR THE EXEMPTION IF CERTAIN OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE MET; TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-300, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ASSESS TAXES AND FEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SERVICE OR USER FEE MUST BE USED TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE BENEFIT OF THE PAYERS; TO AMEND SECTION 6-1-330, RELATING TO A SERVICE OR USER FEE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PROVISION APPLIES TO AN ENTIRE ARTICLE, TO REQUIRE MILLAGE IMPOSED TO REPLACE A CERTAIN ROAD MAINTENANCE FEE MUST BE REPEALED BEFORE REIMPOSING A ROAD MAINTENANCE FEE, AND TO PROVIDE A REPORTING REQUIREMENT AND A LIABILITY PROVISION; TO AMEND SECTION 12-39-250, RELATING TO ADJUSTMENTS IN VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT FOR PURPOSES OF AD VALOREM TAXATION, SO AS TO REQUIRE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY FLOODING OR A HURRICANE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-220, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN FARM BUILDINGS AND AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES. - ratified title
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Filed (filed) — source
- 12/9/2020 (committee substitute) — source
- 2/24/2022 (committee substitute) — source
- 2/28/2022 (committee substitute) — source
- 3/1/2022 (committee substitute) — source
- 4/28/2022 (committee substitute) — source
- 5/11/2022 (committee substitute) — source
- 5/4/2022 (committee substitute) — source
- 5/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source
- 6/15/2022 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Concur in Senate Amendments — 1–100 (fail) · lower
- Adjourn For The Day — 38–51 (fail) · lower
- Passage of Bill — 107–4 (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Table Motion to Adjourn Debate — 79–25 (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — 46–53 (fail) · lower
- to adopt the conference report — 24–12 (pass) · upper
- Table Motion to Reconsider the Vote — 32–59 (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — 47–40 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Turner — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-12-09 Prefiled
filing - 2020-12-09 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2021-01-12 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2022-02-24 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-02-28 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2022-03-01 Committee Amendment Adopted
amendment-passage - 2022-03-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-02 Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-0
- 2022-03-03 Read third time and sent to House
passage, reading-3 - 2022-03-08 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2022-03-08 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
referral-committee - 2022-04-28 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-05-04 Amended
amendment-passage - 2022-05-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-05-04 Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-4
- 2022-05-05 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2022-05-05 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2022-05-11 House amendment amended
amendment-amendment - 2022-05-11 Returned to House with amendments
- 2022-05-12 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
- 2022-05-12 Roll call Yeas-1 Nays-100
- 2022-05-12 Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Verdin, Davis, Williams
- 2022-05-12 Conference committee appointed Crawford, Hewitt, Weeks
- 2022-06-15 Conference report received and adopted
- 2022-06-15 Roll call Ayes-24 Nays-12
- 2022-06-15 Conference report rejected
- 2022-06-15 Roll call Yeas-46 Nays-53
- 2022-06-15 Reconsidered
- 2022-06-15 Adopted
passage - 2022-06-15 Roll call Yeas-47 Nays-40
- 2022-06-15 Ordered enrolled for ratification
- 2022-06-16 Ratified R 252
- 2022-06-22 Signed By Governor
executive-signature - 2022-06-28 Effective date 06/22/22
- 2022-06-28 Act No. 236
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05942547-9f30-4935-94d5-3827eae617d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).