S.C. Tax Increment Financing Law — Municipal Redevelopment Districts (SC)
Tracked preemption from the South Carolina overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1984-04-13
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:SC
Other South Carolina preemptions
S.C. Short-Term Rentals — No State Preemption (explicit non-preemption)S.C. ADU / Density / Design Review — No State Preemption (explicit non-preemption)S.C. Military Installation Compatibility — AICUZ / JLUS CoordinationS.C. §6-29-1145 — Manufactured Housing Zoning Parity RuleS.C. Brownfields / Voluntary Cleanup Program — §44-56-710 et seq.S.C. Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994 — Procedural FloorS.C. Scenic Rivers Act of 1989 — Designated Scenic, Recreational, and Natural RiversS.C. Beachfront Management Act — OCRM Baseline / Setback Line Overlay
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
AND
city.has_adopted_tif_redevelopment_plan==Trueparcel.in_designated_tax_increment_district==True
Preempted fields
3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
base_districts[*].tif_redevelopment_plan_authority | add | captures_incremental_assessed_value_above_base_year | §31-6-30 et seq.: municipality designates a redevelopment area (blighted, conservation, or sprawl/agricultural categories — minimum 1.5 acres), establishes base-year assessed value, and captures the increment for public-improvement debt service and redevelopment costs. |
base_districts[*].tif_bond_issuance | add | tax_increment_bonds_authorized | Bonds secured by incremental tax revenues; surplus distributed to overlapping taxing districts after obligations retire. |
redevelopment_plan.minimum_area_acres | floor_at | 1.5 | §31-6 minimum area threshold for designation. |
Citation
Authority source
S.C. Code Ann. §§31-6-10 through 31-6-120 (Tax Increment Financing Law); S.C. Const. Art. X §14 (debt for redevelopment from incremental tax revenues); companion §31-7 for counties
§ §§31-6-10 — 31-6-120
Research notes
TIF is purely a financing tool — the statute does not address zoning directly. A municipality's adopted redevelopment plan typically includes companion zoning amendments approved through normal Chapter 29 procedure. Distinct from federal Opportunity Zones (26 U.S.C. §1400Z-2). County-side TIF authority is under §31-7. Active SC TIF districts include Greenville (Falls Park / Reedy River corridor), Columbia (BullStreet, Innovista), Spartanburg downtown, Rock Hill Knowledge Park, and several Charleston peninsula redevelopment plans.