By Tim Smith – Greenville News
COLUMBIA — Lawmakers voted unanimously on Wednesday to override Gov. Mark Sanford’s veto of a bill providing incentives to those installing fire sprinklers.
The bill now becomes law. The House voted 109-0 while the Senate applied its membership roll to an override vote without debate.
Sanford vetoed the sprinkler bill because he said the tax credits offered were large enough that they amounted to a subsidy. The bill offers property owners installing sprinklers a local property tax credit equal to 25 of the cost of the fire sprinkler system and an additional 25 percent tax credit from the state. The state tax credit would depend on a local government approving local incentives.
Sanford also wrote to legislative leaders that the bill was “constitutionally suspect” because not all property owners in the state would be treated the same, with some getting incentives based on what their local governments did and others unable to take advantage of the law.
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ken sams
ken sams August 25, 2008 at 8:07 am
I was wondering if NFPA 13 would come to play in this law, as it states that a fire retardant treatment of the area affected would be an exceptable alternative to sprinkler systems in a confined area. could someone please let me know
thanks
ken
Ryan
Ryan August 26, 2008 at 3:29 pm
From what I have read it looks like the legislation is specific to providing tax incentives for the installation of fire sprinkler systems when not already required by law. I have not seen any indication that a fire retardant treatment would also qualify for the incentive.