South Carolina H 3165: First Steps to School Readiness Initiative and Read to Succeed

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2025-2026 Bill 3165 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3165

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
6-29-550 SO AS TO REQUIRE A COUNTY TO REPORT A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO 
A CITY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO THE LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING 
PROCESS; BY AMENDING SECTION 5-3-90, RELATING TO FILING NOTICE WITH THE 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 
SAFETY, SO AS TO REQUIRE NOTICE TO THE COUNTY WHERE PROPERTY TO BE ANNEXED IS 
LOCATED; BY AMENDING SECTION 6-1-920, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS CONCERNING 
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, SO AS TO MODIFY CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; BY AMENDING 
SECTION 6-1-930, RELATING TO ORDINANCES REQUIRED TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT 
DEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT FEES, SO AS TO REVISE REQUIREMENTS FOR ORDINANCE PASSAGE 
PROCEDURES, ORDINANCE CONTENTS, AND RELATED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; BY AMENDING 
SECTION 6-1-960, RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANS RECOMMENDED BY LOCAL 
PLANNING COMMISSIONS, SO AS TO REVISE NOTICE PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS, AND TO REVISE 
PLAN CONTENT REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 6-1-1020, RELATING TO THE 
REQUIRED REFUND OF IMPACT FEE FUNDS NOT EXPENDED WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE DATE 
THEY WERE SCHEDULED, SO AS TO EXTEND THIS PERIOD FROM THREE YEARS TO SEVEN 
YEARS.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 29, Title 6 of the S.C. Code is 
amended by adding:

 Section 
6-29-550. On a monthly basis, a county must report to a city any residential 
development plans that are located within a one mile radius of the bordering 
city.

SECTION 2. Section 5-3-90 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
5-3-90. (A) Any municipality increasing its territory shall file a 
notice with the Secretary of State, Department of Transportation, and the 
Department of Public Safety describing its new boundaries. The notice shall 
include a written description of the boundary, along with a map or plat which 
clearly defines the new territory added.

 (B) Any municipality increasing its 
territory shall file notice with the county where the property to be annexed is 
located. Notification to the county must occur before the first reading of the 
proposed annexation.

SECTION 3. Section 6-1-920(18) and (22) of the S.C. Code is 
amended to read:

 (18) "Public facilities" meansinclude, but are not limited to:

 (a) 
water supply production, treatment, laboratory, engineering, administration, 
storage, and transmission facilities;

 (b) 
wastewater collection, treatment, laboratory, engineering, administration, and 
disposal facilities;

 (c) 
solid waste and recycling collection, treatment, and disposal facilities;

 (d) 
roads, streets, and bridges including, but not limited to, rights-of-wayrights of way 
and traffic signals;

 (e) 
storm water transmission, retention, detention, treatment, and disposal 
facilities and flood control facilities;

 (f) 
public safety facilities, including law enforcement, fire, emergency medical 
and rescue, and street lighting facilities;

 (g) 
capital equipment and vehicles, with an individual unit 
purchase price of not less than one hundred thousand dollars including, 
but not limited to, equipment and vehicles used in the delivery of public 
safety services, emergency preparedness services, collection and disposal of 
solid waste, and storm water management and control;

 (h) 
parks, libraries, and recreational facilities;

 (i) 
public education facilities for grades K-12 including, but not limited to, 
schools, offices, classrooms, parking areas, playgrounds, libraries, 
cafeterias, gymnasiums, health and music rooms, computer and science 
laboratories, and other facilities considered necessary for the proper public 
education of the state's children.

 (22) 
"System improvement costs" means costs incurred for construction or 
reconstruction of system improvements, including design, acquisition, 
engineering, and other costs attributable to the improvements, and also 
including the costs of providing additional public facilities needed to serve 
new growth and development. System improvement costs do not include:

 (a) 
construction, acquisition, or expansion of public facilities other than capital 
improvements identified in the capital improvements plan;

 (b) repair, operation, 
or maintenance of existing or new capital improvements;

 (c)(b) upgrading, updating, expanding, or replacing existing 
capital improvements to serve existing development in order to meet stricter 
safety, efficiency, environmental, or regulatory standards;

 (d)(c) upgrading, updating, expanding, or replacing existing 
capital improvements to provide better service to existing