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Updated: 4:55 PM Mar 18, 2010
SC lawmakers approve $5B spending plan
The plan raises the state's cigarette by 30-cents-per-pack to 37 cents. The money goes to a trust fund for Medicaid expenses.
Posted: 9:47 AM Mar 18, 2010Reporter: Associated Press |
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March 18, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The South Carolina House has sent the Senate a $5 billion budget for the coming year, after an all-night session that focused on abortion, cigarette taxes and a loan to a golf tournament.
The House approved the budget 64-52 Thursday morning, with a final vote minutes later.
The plan raises the state's cigarette by 30-cents-per-pack to 37 cents. The money goes to a trust fund for Medicaid expenses.
The plan bans most abortions for those covered by the state insurance plan, the only exception being to save a mother's life.
The bill promises to loan the state's only PGA golf tournament $10 million if it can't find a new sponsor.
The budget is down from $7 billion two years ago. It allows furloughs of state employees as a way of dealing with cuts. Layoffs are expected across state agencies.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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