When the state Supreme Court declared Greenville County’s annual road maintenance fee invalid last year, it triggered a wave of lawsuits challenging similar charges in other municipalities and counties. Instead of letting those cases play out, lawmakers are pushing a bill to retroactively change the definition of fee, which would effectively crush the lawsuits and deny residents the chance of getting refunded millions of dollars.
What is a fee? The multimillion-dollar question
Posted: April 16, 2022 by South Carolina Policy Council
When the state Supreme Court declared Greenville County’s annual road maintenance fee invalid last year, it triggered a wave of lawsuits challenging similar charges in other municipalities and counties. Instead of letting those cases play out, lawmakers are pushing a bill to retroactively change the definition of fee, which would effectively crush the lawsuits and deny residents the chance of getting refunded millions of dollars.
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