Town of Hilton Head Island v. Morris

ORDER

The petition for rehearing is denied. The original opinion filed as Op. No. 24575 on February 10, 1997, is hereby withdrawn and the following substituted therefor. The only change is the amendment of the first two paragraphs under section (4) of the original opinion.

/s/ Ernest A. Finney Jr. C.J. /s/ Jean H. Toal A.J. /s/ James E. Moore A. J. /s/ John H. Waller, Jr. A.J. /s/ E.C. Burnett III A.J. MOORE, Justice:

Appellants commenced this action challenging the constitutionality of S.C.Code Ann. § 6-1-70 (Supp.1995) which requires real estate transfer fees collected by local government to…