(A) The revenue generated by the local accommodations tax must be used exclusively for the following purposes:
(1) tourism-related buildings including, but not limited to, civic centers, coliseums, and aquariums;
(2) tourism-related cultural, recreational, or historic facilities;
(3) beach access, renourishment, or other tourism-related lands and water access;
(4) highways, roads, streets, and bridges providing access to tourist destinations;
(5) advertisements and promotions related to tourism development; or
(6) water and sewer infrastructure to serve tourism-related demand.
(B)(1) In a county in which at least nine hundred thousand dollars in accommodations taxes is collected annually pursuant to Section 12-36-920, the revenues of the local accommodations tax authorized in this article may also be used for the operation and maintenance of those items provided in (A)(1) through (6) including police, fire protection, emergency medical services, and emergency-preparedness operations directly attendant to those facilities.
(2) In a county in which less than nine hundred thousand dollars in accommodations taxes is collected annually pursuant to Section 12-36-920, an amount not to exceed fifty percent of the revenue in the preceding fiscal year of the local accommodations tax authorized pursuant to this article may be used for the additional purposes provided in item (1) of this subsection.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 138, Section 8; 1999 Act No. 93, Section 13; 2002 Act No. 312, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 314, Section 1, eff June 1, 2006; 2010 Act No. 290, Section 35, eff January 1, 2011.
Effect of Amendment
The 2006 amendment, in subsection (B), designated subparagraph (1) and added subparagraph (2).
The 2010 amendment, in paragraph (B)(2), substituted "fifty" for "twenty".
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 6-1-20. Contractual agreements to provide joint public facilities and services authorized.
Section 6-1-35. Preservation and protection of cemeteries.
Section 6-1-40. Interstate extension of water and sewer systems.
Section 6-1-50. Financial report required.
Section 6-1-70. Prohibition on real estate transfer fees; exceptions.
Section 6-1-75. Allocation of aid to counties based on population of annexed areas.
Section 6-1-80. Budget adoption.
Section 6-1-90. Authorization of gifts to certain volunteer service personnel.
Section 6-1-110. Moratorium prohibited; notification requirement.
Section 6-1-120. Confidentiality of county or municipal taxpayer information.
Section 6-1-130. Political subdivisions; scope of authority to set minimum wage rates.
Section 6-1-140. Advisory referenda regarding activities of local or regional hospitals.
Section 6-1-150. Derelict mobile homes; removal and sale.
Section 6-1-170. Preemption of local ordinance relating to immigration; civil actions.
Section 6-1-180. Conditions under which special purpose districts may transfer works of art.
Section 6-1-190. Ambulance service designated an essential service.
Section 6-1-310. Prohibition on imposition of new local taxes.
Section 6-1-320. Millage rate increase limitation; exceptions.
Section 6-1-330. Local fee imposition limitations.
Section 6-1-400. Business license tax standardization; computation of business license tax.
Section 6-1-420. Assistance in collection of business license tax due; private right of action.
Section 6-1-520. Imposition of local accommodations tax.
Section 6-1-530. Use of revenue from local accommodations tax.
Section 6-1-540. Cumulative rate of local accommodations tax.
Section 6-1-550. Local accommodations tax revenue upon annexation.
Section 6-1-560. Real estate agents required to report when rental property listing dropped.
Section 6-1-630. Beach preservation fee; referendum.
Section 6-1-640. Use of revenue generated by beach preservation fee.
Section 6-1-650. Notice of dropped rental property.
Section 6-1-660. Fees remitted to local governing body.
Section 6-1-720. Imposition of local hospitality tax.
Section 6-1-730. Use of revenue from local hospitality tax.
Section 6-1-740. Cumulative rate of local hospitality tax.
Section 6-1-750. Local hospitality tax revenue upon annexation.
Section 6-1-760. Ordinances prior to March 15, 1997; calculation; revenue.
Section 6-1-810. Short title; findings.
Section 6-1-815. Implementation of article by municipality or county.
Section 6-1-930. Developmental impact fee.
Section 6-1-940. Amount of impact fee.
Section 6-1-950. Procedure for adoption of ordinance imposing impact fees.
Section 6-1-960. Recommended capital improvements plan; notice; contents of plan.
Section 6-1-970. Exemptions from impact fees.
Section 6-1-980. Calculation of impact fees.
Section 6-1-1010. Accounting; expenditures.
Section 6-1-1020. Refunds of impact fees.
Section 6-1-1040. Collection of development impact fees.
Section 6-1-1060. Article shall not affect existing laws.
Section 6-1-1070. Shared funding among units of government; agreements.
Section 6-1-1080. Exemptions; water or wastewater utilities.
Section 6-1-1090. Annexations by municipalities.
Section 6-1-2000. Taxation or revenue authority by political subdivisions.
Section 6-1-2010. Compliance with public notice or public hearing requirements.