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SMITH v. COALITION TO REDUCE CLASS SIZE

No. SC02-1624.

827 So.2d 959 (2002)

Jim SMITH, Secretary of State, etc., et al., Appellants, v. COALITION TO REDUCE CLASS SIZE and Pre-K Committee, etc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Clayton Roberts, General Counsel, and Heidi Hughes, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellants.

Mark Herron and Thomas M. Findley of Messer, Caparello & Self, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; and Laurie Mathews of Hunton & Williams, Miami, FL, for Appellees.

Charles T. Canady, General Counsel, Carlos G. Muniz, Deputy General Counsel, and Simone Marstiller, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, for Jeb Bush, Governor of the State of Florida, Amicus Curiae.

Benjamin H. Hill, III, Lynn C. Hearn, and Mark J. Criser of Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for The Florida House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae.

HARDING, Senior Justice.

We have for review a trial court judgment certified by the district court of appeal to be of great public importance and to require immediate resolution by this Court. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(5), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the trial court's judgment finding that the statutorily imposed fiscal impact statement is an unconstitutional imposition on the initiative process.

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