South Carolina § 12-44-170 - Economic development property; transfer of property to fee arrangement provided for by this chapter.

§ 12-44-170. Economic development property; transfer of property to fee arrangement provided for by this chapter.

(A) Economic development property as defined in Section 12-44-30(7) may include property placed in service for property tax purposes after the effective date of this act.

(B) An entity with property subject to an existing fee in lieu of property taxes arrangement under Article 1, Chapter 12, Title 4 of the 1976 Code or Section 4-29-67 of the 1976 Code, or which has acquired or will acquire property pursuant to an inducement resolution, may elect, with the consent of the applicable county, to transfer property from the prior arrangement to the fee arrangements provided by this chapter and that property must be considered automatically economic development property as defined in Section 12-44-30(7) subject to:

(1) a continuation of the same fee payments required under the existing lease agreement;

(2) a continuation of the same fee in lieu of tax payments only for the time required for payments under the existing lease agreement;

(3) a carryover of minimum investment or employment requirements of the existing arrangements to the new fee arrangement; and

(4) appropriate agreements and amendments between the sponsor and the county entered into continuing the provisions and limitations of the prior agreement.

The entity and the governing body of the county may enter into a new fee agreement reflecting the appropriate handling of the transition with due regard to appropriate cancellation or amendment of existing financing arrangements.

HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 149, SECTION 3; 2003 Act No. 69, SECTION 3.AAA.1.