Section 1-11-550 - Certificates by issuing authority(A) An allocation of the state ceiling approved by the state authority is made formal initially by a certificate which allocates tentatively a specific amount of the state ceiling to the bonds for which the allocation is requested. This tentative allocation certificate must specify the state ceiling amount allocated, the issuing authority and the project involved, and the time period during which the tentative allocation is valid. This certificate must remind the issuing authority that the tentative allocation is made final after the issuing authority chairman or other duly authorized official or agent of the issuing authority, before the issue is made, certifies the issue amount and the projected date of issue, as is required by subsection (B) of this section. It also may include other information considered relevant by the secretary of the state authority.(B) The chairman or other authorized official or agent of an issuing authority issuing any private activity bond for which a portion of the state ceiling has been allocated tentatively shall execute and deliver to the secretary of the state authority an issue amount certificate setting forth the exact amount of bonds to be issued and the projected bond issue date which date must not be more than ten business days after the date of the issue amount certificate and it must be before the state ceiling allocation involved expires. The issue amount certificate may be an executed copy of the appropriate completed form to be submitted to the Internal Revenue Service on the issue or it may be in the form of a letter which certifies the exact amount of bonds to be issued and the projected date of the issue.(C) In response to the issuing authority's issue amount certificate required by subsection (B) of this section, the secretary of the state authority is authorized to issue and, as may be necessary, to revise a certificate making final the ceiling allocation previously approved by the state authority on a tentative basis, if the secretary of the state authority determines that: (1) the issuing authority's issue amount certificate specifies an amount not in excess of the approved tentative ceiling allocation amount;(2) the issue amount certificate was received prior to the issue date projected and that the certificate is dated not more than ten days prior to the issue date projected; provided, however, that if an issue amount certificate is dated more than ten days prior to the date of issue of the bonds, such certificate shall be void, and a new request must be provided to the secretary of the state authority prior to issuance of the bonds;(3) the issue date projected is within the time period approved previously for the tentative ceiling allocation; and(4) the bonds when issued and combined with the total amount of bonds requiring a ceiling allocation included in issue amount certificates previously submitted to the state authority by issuing authorities do not exceed the state ceiling for the calendar year. Except under extraordinary circumstances, the secretary of the state authority shall issue this certificate within two business days following the date the issue amount certificate is received.(D) In accordance with Section 149(e)(2)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code, the secretary of the state authority is designated as the state official responsible for certifying, if applicable, that certain bonds meet the requirements of Section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the volume cap on private activity bonds.(E) Any tentative or final state ceiling allocation granted by the state authority before the effective date of this act remains valid as an allocation of a portion of the volume cap for South Carolina provided under Section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code. The allocations expire in accordance with the law under which they were granted or extended and their validity may be extended or reinstated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 1-11-500 through 1-11-570.Amended by 2022 S.C. Acts, Act No. 202 (HB 5075),s 2, eff. 5/16/2022.1987 Act No. 117, Section 6. 2022 Act No. 202, Section 6, provides as follows:
"SECTION 6. The provisions of this act are effective for allocations of state ceiling beginning January 1, 2022, and thereafter. For the first year of implementation, the state authority may adopt such special procedures as may be necessary to effect the requirements of this act."
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.