PIERCE COUNTY v. STATE

No. 73607-3.

78 P.3d 640 (2003)

150 Wash.2d 422

PIERCE COUNTY, a local government in the State of Washington; Gloria Irene Thein, a Pierce County resident, voter, taxpayer, vehicle owner, vehicle driver, and public transportation user; City of Tacoma, a local government in the State of Washington; William La-Borde, a Tacoma resident, taxpayer, vehicle owner, vehicle driver, and public transportation user; King County, a local government in the State of Washington; Karen Uffelman, a King County resident, voter, taxpayer, vehicle owner, vehicle driver, and public transportation user, Respondents, and Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, commonly known as "Sound Transit", a Washington regional transit authority; The Sierra Club, a non-profit public benefit corporation; 1000 Friends of Washington, a Washington non-profit corporation; King County Labor Council, a Washington non-profit corporation; Washington State Labor Council, a Washington non-profit organization; City of Kenmore, a Washington municipal corporation; Transportation Choices Coalition, a Washington non-profit benefit corporation; Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587, a labor organization; and Aerospace Machinist Union, a labor organization, Intervenor-Respondents, v. STATE of Washington, in its general capacity as defender of I-776, and through its agency the Washington Department of Licensing, Appellant, and Salish Village Home Owners Association, a Washington non-profit association; and G. Dennis Vaughn, a citizen and taxpayer resident of King County, Intervenor-Appellants, and Permanent Offense, a non-profit organization ex rel. Initiative 776, Intervenor-Defendant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided October 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rowley & Klauser, Robert Rowley, James Klauser, Seattle, Christine Gregoire,

Atty. Gen., James Pharris, Linda Moran, Jerald Anderson, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Frank & Rosen, Clifford Freed, Foster, Pepper & Shefelman, Thomas Ahearne, Hugh Spitzer, Alice Ostdiek, Preston, Gates & Ellis, Paul Lawrence, Desmond Brown, Seattle, for respondents.

Norm Maleng, King County Prosecutor, Thomas Kuffel, Noel Treat, Deputy County Prosecutors, for respondent King County.

Mark Kimball, Bellevue, for defendant Permanent Offense.


OWENS, J.

In November 2002, voters passed another $30 license tab initiative, Initiative Measure 776 (I-776).1 In February 2003, the King County Superior Court declared I-776 unconstitutional on the grounds that it embraced more than a single subject and substantially impaired King County's contractual obligations to its bondholders. This court accepted direct review. Because we conclude that I...

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