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IN RE INITIATIVE PETITION NO. 379

No. 102,999.

155 P.3d 32 (2006)

2006 OK 89

In re INITIATIVE PETITION NO. 379, STATE QUESTION NO. 726.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 12, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

D. Kent Myers, Roger A. Strong, Mary Robertson, Jennifer A. Dutton, Jonathan D. Echols Jr., Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, OK, for respondents/protestants, Keith Bailey, Clayton Bennett, G.T. Blankenship, John Brock, Bill W. Burgess Jr., Lynne A. Bussell, Luke R. Corbett, Marlin Glass, Jr., Fred Hall, V. Burns Hargis, Kirk Humphreys, George B. Kaiser, Albert Kel Kelly, Jr., Tom Love, Stanley Lybarger, John Massey, Aubrey McClendon, Melvin Moran, J. Larry Nichols, Joseph L. Parker, Jr., Stuart Price, H.E. Rainbolt, Carl R. Renfro, Stacy Shusterman, Sabra Tucker, Steve Turnbo.

Fannie Bates, Pro se respondent/protestant.

Neal Leader, Senior Assistant Attorney, General Oklahoma City, OK, Amicus curiae.

WATT, C.J.

¶ 1 Initiative Petition No. 379, State Question 726 is commonly known as TABOR, an acronym for Taxpayer Bill of Rights. The measure seeks to amend art. 10, § 23 of the Oklahoma Constitution setting limits on the growth of state spending and requiring any surplus funds to be placed in a constitutional emergency fund. Legislative expenditures over limits set by the initiative require voter approval with any citizen having the right to sue to enforce...

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