South Carolina H 3149: Hospitality tax

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2025-2026 Bill 3149 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 06, 2024) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3149

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 56-5-1520, RELATING TO MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS, SO AS TO REVISE THE 
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-5015, RELATING TO THE 
OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SUNSCREEN DEVICES, SO AS TO REVISE 
THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-6190, RELATING TO THE 
CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN CRIMES AS MISDEMEANORS AND FELONIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE 
PERSONS CONVICTED OF VIOLATIONS OF PROVISIONS FOR WHICH OTHER PENALTIES ARE NOT 
PROVIDED SHALL BE FINED NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS; AND BY REPEALING 
SECTION 56-5-730 RELATING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN OFFENSES AS 
MISDEMEANORS UNLESS OTHERWISE DECLARED.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-5-1520(G) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (G) A person violating the speed 
limits established by this section is guilty of a 
misdemeanor and, upon conviction for a first offenseviolation, must be fined or 
imprisoned as follows:

 (1) 
in excess of the above posted limit but not in excess of ten miles an hour by a 
fine of not less than fifteen dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars;

 (2) 
in excess of ten miles an hour but less than fifteen miles an hour above the 
posted limit by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty 
dollars;

 (3) 
in excess of fifteen miles an hour but less than twenty-five miles an hour 
above the posted limit by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than 
seventy-five dollars; and

 (4) 
in excess of twenty-five miles an hour above the posted limit by a fine of not 
less than seventy-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.

SECTION 2. Section 56-5-5015(G) of the S.C. Code is amended to 
read:

 (G) No person may:

 (1) 
offer for sale or for use any sunscreening product or material for motor 
vehicle use not in compliance with this section;

 (2) 
install any sunscreening product or material on vehicles titled for use on 
public roads without permanently affixing the certificate of compliance 
specified in this section.

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tinter who violates the provisions of subsections (E) or (G) is guilty of a misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, 
upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, for 
each offenseviolation. 
A consumer who violates the provisions of subsection (E) or (G) is guilty of a misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, 
upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days for each offenseviolation.

SECTION 3. Section 56-5-6190 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
56-5-6190. It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the 
provisions of this chapter unless such violation is by this chapter or other 
law of this State declared to be a felony.

 Every person convicted of a 
misdemeanor for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter for 
which another penalty is not provided shall be punished by a fine of not more 
than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more 
than thirty days.

SECTION 4. Section 
56-5-730 of the S.C. Code is repealed.

SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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