S.C. wants part of cities' parking fines, fees

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You may have to pay more money to park in city-owned parking spaces because of a proposal lawmakers inserted into the state budget on Thursday.

The proposal, sponsored by state Rep. Chip Limehouse, R-Charleston, would require S.C. cities to give 35 percent of the money that they collect from parking tickets and meters on state-owned roads to the state government.

If it passes, the proposal would transfer almost $2 million a year that now goes to South Carolina's two largest cities to the state.

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That’s because the state owns 70 percent of the roads in Columbia and 75 percent of the roads in Charleston. The proposal would cost Columbia $700,000 a year and Charleston $1.13 million a year, according to city officials. That loss, they said, likely would lead them to increase parking rates.

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