Our 18^th Annual Legislative Luncheon which will be held at the Capital City Club on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

U.S. Senator Tim Scott will join us via video conference. We will also have Candidate for U.S. Senate Richard Cash and S.C.  Superintendent of Education Candidates Sheri Few and Meka Childs speaking as well.

We look forward to seeing you all on April 2nd!!

Gov. Nikki Haley signed a new bill that would  active duty service members’ property tax rate on unsold homes.

The Military Homeowner Protection Act of 2014 guarantees that active duty soldiers who are required to move to fulfill orders would maintain the 4 percent property tax assessment granted to military service members who own homes and are stationed in South Carolina.

Prior to the act, military service members who moved would potentially have incurred an increase of up to 6 percent as residency status would have changed to designate their property as a second home. Service members now will keep their low property tax rate as long as they remain on active duty.

Haley said “Our military men and women are one of our state’s biggest assets and it’s only right that we provided them with the kind of common sense tax relief that works to lessen the burden of their service for them and their families,” Haley said. “This is about taking care of the people who take care of us and I thank Representative Murrell Smith for his leadership on this issue.”

The bill got unanimous support in both the house and senate. The House passed the bill (77-0) and the Senate (41-0).

Hello SCAT Members!!

Just a friendly reminder that the deadline to register for our 18^th Annual Legislative Luncheon Wednesday April 2, 2014 from 11am-1pm at the Capital City Club in downtown Columbia S.C.

We will have U.S. Senator Tim Scott Speaking via video conference, along with GOP challengers for U.S. Senate

Please see the attached copy of the luncheon invitation for more details.  We are quickly approaching the registration deadline for member to reply back. We really look forward to seeing you all there. This meeting is for YOU the members so please come out and join us on April 2 at the Capital City Club.

If you have any questions or concerns about the luncheon please don’t hesitate to contact me. I can be reached via email atscat1982.org@gmail.com or by phone at (803)-790-0093. Thank you for your time and we look forward to seeing you on April 2^nd!

Best,

Rendell Stokes