Date Published: May 30, 2006   

House overrides veto on tax credits bill

The Associated Press

The House overrode Gov. Mark Sanford's veto on a bill intended to spur job growth in Orangeburg County.

The House voted 83-16 to override the veto.

Sanford said the legislation unfairly carved out tax credit breaks for Orangeburg County. The legislation increases the job tax credit available in the county to $8,000 a job instead of the $3,500 credit it qualifies for now. Sanford said that was unfair to other underdeveloped counties.

Orangeburg County posted an unemployment rate of 8.1 percent in April, compared to the statewide jobless rate of 6.6 percent. Marion County had the highest unemployment last month, at 12.2 percent.