Lee County May Increase It’s Sales Tax Rate

Voters will get to decide on the fate of a penny sales tax proposed in Lee County, which would fund 49 capital projects in the county, the city of Bishopville and the town of Lynchburg. After a public hearing on Thursday, Lee County Council gave final approval to a referendum ordinance that will be submitted to the South Carolina Election Commission for its approval and subsequent inclusion on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.

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