South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 10 - Local Sales And Use Tax
Section 4-10-415. Definitions.

For purposes of this article, the following terms and words are defined as follows:
(1) "Area commission" means the governing body, however described, of a technical college under the jurisdiction of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education which has a campus located in the county which contains the site of a capital improvement financed by revenue of the tax authorized pursuant to this article.
(2) "School district board of trustees" means the governing body of a school district.
(3) "County" means a county within which the sales and use tax authorized by this article is imposed.
(4) "County auditor" means the county auditor of the county.
(5) "County treasurer" means the county treasurer of the county.
(6) "Election authority" means the authority charged with the conduct of countywide elections within the county.
(7) "Higher education board of trustees" means the governing body of a public institution of higher learning, other than a technical college, as defined in Section 59-103-5, which has a campus located in the county which contains the site of a capital improvement financed by revenue of the tax authorized pursuant to this article.
(8) "Memorandum of agreement" means a written document executed by the school district board of trustees and the area commission or higher education board of trustees, or both of these entities, to provide for the school district's sharing of the revenue of the tax authorized pursuant to this article. The agreement must contain, inter alia, the revenue distribution formula expressed in percentages and the specific capital improvement projects for which the shared revenue must be used. The memorandum of agreement is not effective unless it has been ratified by a recorded vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of the school district board of trustees and a recorded vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of the area commission or higher education board of trustees, or both, as applicable. When ratified by all parties and incorporated into the resolution adopted by the school district board of trustees, the memorandum of agreement is binding on all parties.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 316, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 12, 2008).

Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 4 - Counties

Chapter 10 - Local Sales And Use Tax

Section 4-10-10. Definitions.

Section 4-10-20. Rate of tax; exemptions; reports by utilities; rental units.

Section 4-10-25. Construction contracts; application.

Section 4-10-30. Referendum on question of implementing local option sales and use tax within county.

Section 4-10-35. Petition to rescind tax; referendum.

Section 4-10-40. Distribution of revenue allocated to Property Tax Credit Fund.

Section 4-10-50. Distribution of revenue set aside for the County/Municipal Revenue Fund.

Section 4-10-60. Withholdings from amount collected by counties; apportionment amongst other counties.

Section 4-10-65. Local option tax revenues not identified as to unit must go to local option supplemental revenue fund.

Section 4-10-67. Deposit and distribution of local option use tax.

Section 4-10-70. Determination of amount to be received by eligible unit within county area.

Section 4-10-80. Reports as to total amount of revenue collected.

Section 4-10-90. Department of Revenue to administer and collect local sales and use tax; forms; regulations; notice by county that tax has been approved; revenues to be credited to Local Sales and Use Tax Fund; reports to State Treasurer; refunds.

Section 4-10-100. Commencement of local sales and use tax.

Section 4-10-300. Short title.

Section 4-10-310. Imposition of tax.

Section 4-10-315. Additional sale and use tax not exceeding one percent.

Section 4-10-320. Commission creation; composition.

Section 4-10-330. Contents of ballot question; purpose for which proceeds of tax to be used.

Section 4-10-340. Tax imposition and termination.

Section 4-10-350. Department of Revenue to administer and collect local tax.

Section 4-10-360. Revenue remitted to State Treasurer and held in a separate fund.

Section 4-10-370. Calculating distributions to counties; confidentiality.

Section 4-10-380. Unidentified funds; transfer and supplemental distributions.

Section 4-10-390. Reimposition of tax.

Section 4-10-410. Citation of act.

Section 4-10-415. Definitions.

Section 4-10-420. Authority to impose county sales and use tax; sharing revenues among school districts.

Section 4-10-425. Procedure for imposing tax; referendum; ballot.

Section 4-10-430. Commencement and termination.

Section 4-10-435. Collection and administration by Department of Revenue.

Section 4-10-440. Remitting revenues to State Treasurer; distribution and use of proceeds.

Section 4-10-445. Application of proceeds to debt service.

Section 4-10-450. Availability of data to calculate distributions and estimate revenues.

Section 4-10-460. Renewal or reimposition of tax.

Section 4-10-470. Counties in which sales and use tax may be imposed.

Section 4-10-510. Short title.

Section 4-10-520. Purpose.

Section 4-10-530. Meaning of "county".

Section 4-10-540. Imposition of sales and use tax to replace vehicle tax.

Section 4-10-550. Ordinance and referendum; certification of results.

Section 4-10-560. Date of imposition.

Section 4-10-570. Petition to rescind; referendum.

Section 4-10-580. Administration and collection.

Section 4-10-590. Distribution of revenues.

Section 4-10-600. Availability of data to calculate distributions.

Section 4-10-720. Definitions.

Section 4-10-730. Local option sales and use tax; credit against property tax liability.

Section 4-10-740. Referendum.

Section 4-10-750. Subsequent referendum.

Section 4-10-760. Referendum on question of rescinding tax.

Section 4-10-770. Collection process.

Section 4-10-780. Distribution of revenues.

Section 4-10-790. Calculating distributions and estimating revenues; use of data furnished by Department of Revenue.

Section 4-10-800. Millage limits.

Section 4-10-810. Revenues as one of local revenues used in computation of Education Improvement Act maintenance of local effort.

Section 4-10-910. Citation of article.

Section 4-10-920. Definitions.

Section 4-10-930. Imposition of fee; referendum and ballot; recision; filing results with Department of Revenue.

Section 4-10-940. Allowable fee; administration and collection.

Section 4-10-960. Information for purpose of calculating distributions and estimating revenues.

Section 4-10-970. Use of revenues; designation of receiving organizations and regional tourism promoters; report required.

Section 4-10-980. Reimposition of local option tourism development fee.

Section 4-10-1010. Preservation procurements defined; sales and use tax.

Section 4-10-1020. Imposition of sales and use tax; enacting ordinance requirements; referendum; results.

Section 4-10-1030. Imposition and termination of the tax.

Section 4-10-1040. Administration and collection of the tax.

Section 4-10-1050. Distributions to counties; confidentiality.

Section 4-10-1060. Unidentified funds, transfers, and supplemental distributions.