Recent News
Action on User Fee Legislation Needed
Senate Bill 984 (S. 984) dealing with user fee authorization would allow counties to assess service or user fees to the nonexclusive benefit of the payers. Prior to the Supreme Court Opinion in Burns v. Greenville County Council, road fees, and other similar user fees, were thought to be permitted under the guidance of Brown v. County of Horry and Section 6-1-300(6) of the SC Code. However, relying on its interpretation... Read more
This was another busy week at the State House as the Senate spent most of its time on the floor debating a resolution calling for a Convention of the States, and the House spent most of its time in committees trying to move bills to the floor before next week’s budget debate. The House budget debate will begin on Monday, March 14th at 1:00 pm. The User Fee Authorization bill, S. 984, has still not been set for a committee hearing. However, after some conversations this week, we... Read more
This was a very busy and productive week at the State House as the Senate began hearing budget requests in Senate Finance subcommittees and the House debated several bills in committees and on the floor. Several bills of note will be discussed below in this week’s Friday Report.
Revenue, Finance and Economic Development
User Fee Authorization – S. 984.
This bill would provide that a service or user fee, including a road use fee, is authorized as long as... Read more
The 250th Anniversary is Here!
The SC American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission (SC250) considers the American Revolution anniversary years 1770-1783 | 2020-2033.
In an effort to ensure that all counties across SC have Sestercentennial programming highlighting their unique role in the American Revolution, the SC250 Commission will be issuing a grant to each county to aid in the formation of their own County 250 Committee and kick start their efforts.
These $3,000 grants are non-competitive, but they are only issued to the "official" County 250 Committee from each... Read more