IN RE INITIATIVE PETITION NO. 382

No. O-103,021.

142 P.3d 400 (2006)

2006 OK 45

In re INITIATIVE PETITION NO. 382, State Question No. 729.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack S. Dawson, Kieran D. Maye, Jr., Robert E. Norman, Miller Dollarhide, Oklahoma City, OK, for proponent, Rick Carpenter.

Margaret McMorrow-Love, Diane M. Drum, Oklahoma City, OK, for protestants, Oklahoma Professional Economic Development Council, Inc., The Oklahoma Association of Business and Industry, d/b/a The State Chamber, The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, and Don Woods.

Kenneth Dale Jordan, Diane Lewis, Oklahoma City, OK, for amicus curiae, The City of Oklahoma City.


KAUGER, J.

¶ 1 The issue presented is whether Initiative Petition 382 is constitutional and thus able to be submitted to a vote of the people. We hold that because it violates the single subject rule of art. 5, § 57 of the Oklahoma Constitution, it may not, and we order that it be stricken from the ballot.

FACTS

¶ 2 On September 21, 2005, Rick Carpenter (the proponent) filed Initiative Petition...

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