FEB 01, 1996

Regarding whether the Job Development Fee provisions of the Enterprise Zone Act satisfy the public purpose test enunciated in Elliot v. McNair, 250 S.C. 75, 156 S.E.2d 421 (1976), and whether Job Development Fees are public funds for purposes of S.C. Const. Art. X, § 11, which constitutional provision prohibits the pledge or loan of the credit of the State for the benefit of a private individual or company.

Requested by: Burnet R. Maybank, III, Director, South Carolina Department of Revenue

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