Special Property Tax Assessments (Bailey Bill)

State law (SC Code of Laws, as amended, Sections 4-9-195 and 5-21-140*) allows county and municipal governments to offer special property tax assessments for rehabilitated historic property and low and moderate income rental property. This is often referred to as the Bailey Bill. 

*State regulations for the program (Sections 12-120 through 12-125) were amended in 2011.

Local governments can set different minimum expenditure levels, the length of time the special assessment is in effect, review the rehabilitation work in most cases, and require approval before work begins.

Please check with your local government(s) to find out if it has adopted the special property tax assessment and the details of its program.

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