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S.C. PUBLIC INTEREST v. HARRELL

No. 26506.

378 S.C. 441 (2008)

663 S.E.2d 52

The SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION, and Edward D. Sloan, Jr., individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioners, v. Robert W. HARRELL, Jr., in his official capacity as Speaker of the S.C. House of Representatives, Andre Bauer in his official capacity as President of the S.C. Senate, and The State of South Carolina, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 23, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Carpenter, Jennifer J. Miller and Lewis W. Clayton, all of Carpenter Law Firm, of Greenville, for Petitioner.

Bradley S. Wright and Charles F. Reid, both of Columbia, for Respondent Robert W. Harrell, Jr.

Michael R. Hitchcock and Kenneth M. Moffitt, both of Columbia, for Respondent Andre Bauer.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., both of Columbia, for Respondent State of South Carolina.

Burnet R. Maybank, III, of Nexsen Pruet, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae SC Manufacturer's Alliance and Michelin N.A., Inc.

Weston Adams, III, Jeffrey N. Thordahl, and Ashley B. Stratton, all of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae SC Economic Developers' Association.

Justice WALLER:

We accepted this matter in our original jurisdiction to address Petitioners' claim that numerous acts passed by the General Assembly in 2007 violate the one subject rule of the South Carolina Constitution, Article III, § 17. We agree.1

DISCUSSION

S.C. Const., Art. III, § 17 provides that "[e]very Act or resolution having the force of law shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be expressed...

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