Robert EMERSON, et al., Appellants.
v.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Florida, etc., et al., Appellees.
Stacy White, Appellant.
v.
Hillsborough County, Florida, etc., et al., Appellees.
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Harry M. Cohen , Legal Counsel, Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Kenneth W. Buchman , City Attorney, Plant City, Florida, for Appellee City of Plant City.
Andrew H. Warren , State Attorney, and Ada Carmona , Assistant State Attorney, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee State of Florida.
Daniel J. Woodring of the Woodring Law Firm, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Associated Industries of Florida.
Daniel Bell , General Counsel, and W. Jordan Jones , Staff Attorney, House Judiciary Committee, Tallahassee, Florida; and Jeremiah Hawkes , General Counsel, and Ashley Istler , Deputy General Counsel, The Florida Senate, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amici Curiae Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate.
Diane G. DeWolf and Katherine E. Giddings of Akerman LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, and Marilyn Mullen Healy of Akerman LLP, Tampa, Florida, for Amici Curiae the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, the Tampa Bay Partnership, and the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation.
CANADY, C.J.
In these consolidated cases we consider the constitutional validity of an amendment to the Hillsborough County Charter that was adopted in an initiative election. Through that charter amendment the voters approved both a transportation surtax and elaborate directives for allocating the tax proceeds. But the spending directives are unconstitutional...
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