1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 H. 4033 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Rep. Merrill 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11222dg13.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on April 25, 2013 13 Continued by the House on April 29, 2014 14 15 Summary: Admission license tax 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 4/25/2013 House Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference (House 22 Journalpage 18) 23 4/30/2013 House Debate adjourned until Wed., 5113 ( House Journalpage 99) 24 5/1/2013 House Debate adjourned until Thur., 5213 ( House Journalpage 200) 25 5/2/2013 House Continued ( House Journalpage 32) 26 1/15/2014 House Debate adjourned until Sat., Feb. 01, 2014 ( House Journalpage 31) 27 2/4/2014 House Debate adjourned until Tues. 3/4/14 ( House Journalpage 37) 28 3/4/2014 House Debate adjourned until Tues., 32514 ( House Journalpage 15) 29 3/25/2014 House Debate adjourned until Tues., 4114 ( House Journalpage 23) 30 4/1/2014 House Debate adjourned until Tues., 4814 ( House Journalpage 19) 31 4/8/2014 House Debate adjourned until Thur., 41014 ( House Journalpage 11) 32 4/10/2014 House Debate adjourned until Tues., 42914 ( House Journalpage 118) 33 4/29/2014 House Continued ( House Journalpage 28) 34 35 36 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 37 38 4/25/2013 39 4/25/2013-A 40 1 INTRODUCED 2 April 25, 2013 3 4 H. 4033 5 6 Introduced by Rep. Merrill 7 8 S. Printed 4/25/13--H. 9 Read the first time April 25, 2013. 10 11

[4033-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 12 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 12212426 SO AS TO PROVIDE 13 THAT ONEHALF OF THE PAID ADMISSIONS TO A SOCCER 14 SPECIFIC STADIUM IS EXEMPT FROM THE ADMISSION 15 LICENSE TAX IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 16 12212420, AND TO DEFINE THE TERM “SOCCER SPECIFIC 17 STADIUM”. 18 19 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 20 Carolina: 21 22 SECTION 1. Article 17, Chapter 21, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is 23 amended by adding: 24 25 “Section 12212426. (A) In addition to the exemptions allowed 26 from the admissions license tax imposed pursuant to Section 27 12212420, there is also exempt from that tax for ten years 28 beginning July 1, 2013, onehalf of the paid admissions to a soccer 29 specific stadium. 30 (B) For purposes of the exemption allowed by this section, a 31 soccer specific stadium means a soccer facility, and its ancillary 32 grounds and facilities, that satisfies all of the following: 33 (1) has at least three thousand fixed seats for soccer patrons; 34 (2) serves as the home stadium for an accredited 35 professional soccer team; and 36 (3) engages in tourism promotion.” 37 38 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 39 Governor. 40 XX 41

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