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Government

Aug. 9, 2012

State defends top billing for tax vote

Was a budget trailer bill passed in June used to circumvent the number of votes needed to pass urgency legislation? That’s the question the conservative Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the legal team representing the state Legislature are fighting over in a case brewing in the 3rd District Court of Appeal.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Was a budget trailer bill passed in June used to circumvent the number of votes needed to pass urgency legislation? That's the question the conservative Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the legal team representing the state Legislature are fighting over in a case brewing in the 3rd District Court of Appeal.


The Howard Jarvis association argues AB 1499 used a $1,000 appropriation for the curre...

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