(A) The commission created by this subchapter shall consider proposals for funding capital projects within the county area. Such projects may include the following types of projects:
(1) Highways, roads, streets and bridges;
(2) Courthouses, administration buildings, civic centers, hospitals, emergency medical facilities, police stations, fire stations, jails, correctional facilities, detention facilities, libraries, coliseums, or any combination of these projects;
(3) Cultural, recreational or historic facilities, or any combination of these facilities;
(4) Water, sewer, or water and sewer projects;
(5) Flood control projects and storm water management facilities;
(6) Jointly operated projects of the county, a municipality, special purpose district, and school district, or any combination of these entities, for the projects delineated in divisions (A)(1) through (A)(5);
(7) Any combination of the projects described in divisions (B)(1) through (B)(6).
(B) Any ordinance adopted by the York County Council pursuant to the Capital Project Sales Tax Act must specify:
(1) The purpose for which the proceeds of the tax are to be used;
(2) The maximum time stated in terms of calendar or fiscal years or quarters, or a combination thereof, not to exceed seven years from the date of imposition, for which the tax may be imposed;
(3) The maximum cost of the project or facilities funded from proceeds of the tax and the maximum amount of net proceeds to be raised by the tax; and
(4) Any other condition precedent, as determined by the Commission, to the imposition of the sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter or condition or restriction on the use of sales and use tax revenue collected pursuant to this subchapter.
(C) If the York County Council shall enact an ordinance for the imposition of a 1% sales and use tax, subject to a referendum in York County, the Commission shall formulate the referendum question that is to appear on the ballot, which referendum question shall be in substantial compliance with the provisions of S.C. Code § 4-10-330 of the Capital Project Sales Tax Act, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated into and made a part of this subchapter by reference.
(D) If an ordinance is adopted by the York County Council to impose a 1% sales and use tax in York County pursuant to the provisions of the Capital Project Sales Tax Act, the County Registration and Election Commission shall conduct a referendum on the question of imposing the sales and use tax in the area of the county that is to be subject to the tax as provided by law.
(Ord. 5908, passed 9-15-08)