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PUBLIC INTEREST v. RICHLAND CTY.

Appellate Case No. 2018-000794 Opinion No. 5865.

436 S.C. 271 (2021)

871 S.E.2d 599

SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION, Edward D. Sloan, Jr., and William B. Depass, Jr., individually, and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellants, v. RICHLAND COUNTY, Respondent, And Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority, Intervenor/Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed October 6, 2021.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Carpenter , of Carpenter Law Firm, PC, of Greenville, for Appellants.

Elizabeth Van Doren Gray , Robert E. Tyson, Jr. , and Benjamin Rogers Gooding , of Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, of Columbia, for Intervenor/Respondent Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority.

Andrew F. Lindemann , of Lindemann & Davis, P.A., of Columbia, for Respondent Richland County.

This case is about the "penny tax" Richland County enacted in 2012. The tax was authorized by the Optional Methods for Financing Transportation Facilities Act, currently codified at S.C. Code Ann. §§ 4-37-10 to -50 (2021).

There are two main issues. The first is whether it...

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