The Greenville County Penny Tax Ballot Questions

Ballot Language in the Adopted Ordinance

GREENVILLE COUNTY SPECIAL SALES AND USE TAX

QUESTION 1

I approve a special sales and use tax in the amount of one percent to be imposed in Greenville County for not more than eight (8) years, or until a total of $1,100,000,000 in resulting revenue has been collected, whichever occurs first. The sales tax proceeds will be used to fund the following projects:

Project (1) For financing the costs of highways, roads, streets, bridges, and other transportation-related projects facilities, and drainage facilities related thereto. $990,000,000.

Project (2) For financing the costs of mass transit systems operated by Greenville County or jointly operated by the County and other governmental entities. Mass transit is to include but not be limited to the operation and expansion of the mass transit system as defined by Greenville Transit Authority’s Transit Development Plan including improved frequency and enhanced routes. $33,000,000.

Project (3) For financing the costs of greenbelts. To the extent permitted by the Act, greenbelts are to include but not be limited to acquiring land and conservation easements for the following: expanding public parks and green spaces, lands for active sports fields, securing water access points, expanding trails and greenways, protecting lands critical to wildlife, floodwater management, working farms and forests, natural resource management, historic preservation and protecting drinking water sources and water quality in rivers, lakes, wetlands, and other water bodies. $77,000,000.

YES  NO

Instructions to Voters: All qualified electors desiring to vote in favor of levying the special sales and use tax shall vote “YES;” and All qualified electors opposed to levying the special sales and use tax shall vote “NO.”

QUESTION 2

I approve the issuance of not exceeding $150,000,000 of general obligation bonds of Greenville County, payable from the special sales and use tax described in Question 1 above, maturing over a period not to exceed eight (8) years, to fund completion of projects from among the categories described in Question 1 above.

YES  NO

Instructions to Voters: All qualified electors desiring to vote in favor of the issuance of bonds for the stated purposes shall vote “YES;” and All qualified electors opposed to the issuance of bonds for the stated purposes shall vote “NO.”

Source: Greenville County Ordinance No. 5795, adopted July 21, 2026, Section 5.2. The election office publishes the final ballot; the text above is from the adopted ordinance.