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MUNICIPAL ASS'N v. AT & T COMMUNICATIONS

No. 25897.

361 S.C. 576 (2004)

606 S.E.2d 468

MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff, v. AT & T COMMUNICATIONS OF the SOUTHERN STATES, INC., Defendant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 22, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Erving Stepp, Elizabeth Van Doren Gray, and Robert E. Tyson, Jr., all of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Laffitte, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Plaintiff.

Belton Townsend Zeigler, of Columbia and James B. Richardson, Jr., of Richardson & Birdsong, of Columbia, for Defendant.

PER CURIAM:

Pursuant to Rule 228, SCACR, we accepted the following question on certification from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina: "Does South Carolina law allow municipalities to impose by ordinance a 5% per month penalty for the late payment of business license taxes?" We hold South Carolina law allows municipalities to impose such a penalty by ordinance.

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