ADVISORY OPINION TO ATTY. GEN. RE TAX

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Louis F. Hubener, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner in Nos. 83969, 83968, 83967 and 83966.

Cass D. Vickers and Thomas M. Findley of Messer, Vickers, Caparello, Madsen & Goldman, Tallahassee, for Tax Cap Committee; R. Timothy Jansen, Tallahassee, for Frank Brogan, Educ. Com'r Candidate et al.; Gary R. Rutledge, Kenneth A. Hoffman and Harold F.X. Purnell of Rutledge, Ecenia, Underwood, Purnell & Hoffman, Tallahassee, for Nat. Federation of Independent Business; Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, for Tax Cap Committee and David Biddulph; Michael Block, President, pro se, for Florida Tax Reduction Movement, Inc.; and Jonathan M. Coupal, Director of Legal Affairs, Sacramento, CA, for Florida Tax Reduction Movement, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n, American Tax Reduction Movement, and Nat. Taxpayers Union; and Toby Prince Brigham and Amy Brigham Boulris of Brigham, Moore, Gaylord, Schuster & Merlin, Miami, for Florida Farm Bureau Federation and Florida Forestry Ass'n; and Steven L. Brannock and Stacy D. Blank of Holland and Knight, Tampa, for Farm Credit of Southwest Florida, ACA, Farm Credit of Cent. Florida, ACA, Farm Credit of South Florida, ACA, Farm Credit of North Florida, ACA and Farm Credit of Northwest Florida, ACA; Nancie G. Marzulla, President and Chief, Legal Counsel, Washington, DC, for Defenders of Property Rights; Gary W. Smith of Lawsmith, Atlanta, GA, and G. Stephen Parker, Atlanta, GA, for Southeastern Legal Foundation; and David Citron, pro se, Fort Lauderdale, suggesting that the Proposed Amendment complies with Florida Constitution, Article XI, Section 3, and that the Title and Ballot Summary comply with Florida Statutes Section 101.161.

Alan C. Sundberg, Gary L. Sasso, F. Townsend Hawkes and Warren H. Husband of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Tallahassee, Florida, and Jon Mills, Gainesville, for League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc., 1000 Friends of Florida, Inc., Common Cause, The Florida Audubon Society, and American Planning Association, Florida Chapter; Dan R. Stengle, Gen. Counsel, and David J. Russ, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, for Dept. of Community Affairs; Jane C. Hayman, Deputy Gen. Counsel, and Nancy Stuparich and Kraig A. Conn, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, for Florida League of Cities, Inc.; and David Gluckman of Gluckman & Gluckman, Tallahassee, amici curiae for Florida Wildlife Federation and Sierra Club, in Opposition to Initiative.

Alan C. Sundberg, F. Townsend Hawkes and Warren H. Husband, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tallahassee, for petitioner in No. 84089.

Robert B. Beitler, Office of Gen. Counsel, Dept. of State, and John Beranek, Kenneth R. Hart and J. Jeffry Wahlen, Macfarlane, Ausley, Ferguson & McMullen, Tallahassee, for The Tax Cap Committee, for respondent in No. 84089.