Court Opinion

ID: 9569072
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:10:21.007462+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:21:37.370222
License: Public Domain

Gregory, Justice
(concurring in result) :
I agree that Act No. 76 of 1977 serves a valid public purpose and would affirm the lower court for that reason.
In Casey v. State Housing Authority, 264 S. C. 303, 215 S. E. (2d) 184 (1975) this Court declared Act No. 1171 of 1974 unconstitutional on the ground it involved a pledge of the State’s credit for the benefit of private individuals in violation of Article X, Section 6 of our constitution. The housing scheme of Act No. 76 of 1977 is the same basic scheme employed by the 1974 Act. In Casey, that scheme was declared to serve a private purpose. Today it is determined to serve a public purpose.
In my view, by holding Act No. 76 of 1977 serves a valid public purpose we remove the constitutional impediment to funding this project with tax revenues.