Motor fuel user fee suspension

2025-2026 Bill 5422: Motor fuel user fee suspension - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5422
STATUS INFORMATION
Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Dillard, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bauer, Bernstein, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Garvin, Govan, Henderson-Myers, Jones, King, Reese, Scott and Waters
Companion/Similar bill(s): 1045, 5398, 5419, 5443, 5475
Document Path: LC-0479DG26.docx
Introduced in the House on March 26, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Ways and Means
Summary: Motor fuel user fee suspension
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

3/26/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 20
)

3/26/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 20
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/26/2026

A joint Resolution

TO SUSPEND THE IMPOSITION OF THE USER FEE ON GASOLINE AND
DIESEL FUEL AND THE IMPOSITION OF THE ROAD TAX FOR THIRTY DAYS AND FOR AN
AUTOMATIC EXTENSION FOR ANOTHER THIRTY DAYS IF THE AVERAGE PRICE OF GASOLINE
HAS NOT FALLEN BY FIFTEEN PERCENT AT THE END OF THE INITIAL THIRTY-DAY PERIOD.

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1. The
imposition of the user fee on gasoline and diesel fuel pursuant to Section
12-28-310
, and the imposition of the road tax pursuant to Section
56-11-410
are
suspended for thirty days from the effective date of this joint resolution.
Upon the conclusion of thirty days, the impositions are reinstated at the rates
set by law.

S
ECTION 2. The
suspension contained in SECTION 1 must be automatically extended for an
additional thirty days if, at the end of the initial suspension period imposed
pursuant to SECTION 1, the average price of gasoline in South Carolina has not
fallen by fifteen percent from the base price as established pursuant to this
act.

S
ECTION 3. The
Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall determine the average price for a
gallon of gasoline in this State on the effective date of this act. The average
price per gallon, as determined by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office
pursuant to this SECTION, shall constitute the base price for the purposes of
the automatic extension provided for in SECTION 2. The Revenue and Fiscal
Affairs Office shall publish the base price for gasoline in a conspicuous place
on its website.

S
ECTION 4. This joint resolution takes effect
upon approval by the Governor.

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