S.C. Code Ann. § 12-65-50: Transition rules.

(A) Entire textile mill sites placed in service on or before December 31, 2007, must be governed by the former provisions of Chapter 32, Title 6, in effect as of December 31, 2007.

(B) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all textile mill sites or portions thereof placed in service on or after January 1, 2008.

(C) For any textile mill sites in which a portion but not all of the textile mill site was placed in service on or before December 31, 2007, the taxpayer may elect to either:

(1) have the portion of the textile mill site that was placed in service on or before December 31, 2007, governed by the former provisions of Chapter 32, Title 6, in effect as of December 31, 2007, as if the portion were an entire textile mill site; or

(2) have the portion be governed by this chapter such that the portion must be deemed to be a phase of the textile mill site placed in service on a date subsequent to December 31, 2007, identified by the taxpayer.