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The House expeditiously debated the budget on the floor Monday. The bill received a second reading Monday evening and a third reading Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, the Senate continued hearing budget requests from state agencies in subcommittees and began debate on several bills on the floor.
The User Fee Authorization bill, S. 984, has still not been set for a hearing. Please talk with your House and Senate members and stress to them... Read more
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