IN RE OKLAHOMA CAPITOL IMP. AUTHORITY

No. 111015.

289 P.3d 1277 (2012)

2012 OK 99

In the Matter of the Application of the OKLAHOMA CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY for Approval of $25 Million Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2012a (River Parks Authority Projects).

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Scott Pruitt , Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma, David L. Kinney , Lyn Martin-Diehl , Assistants Attorney General, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Lynne Driver , Norman, Oklahoma, for Applicant.

Protestant Senator Patrick Anderson, Protestant C.L. Elliott, Enid, Oklahoma, Pro Se.

Gary M. Bush , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for River Parks Authority, Amicus Curiae.

James C. Milton , Bryan J. Nowlin , Travis G. Cushman , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Tulsa Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

David E. O'Melilia , City Attorney, Gerald M. Bender , Litigation Division Manager, Jason T. Seay , Assistant City Attorney, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the City of Tulsa, Amicus Curiae.

Diane M. Pedicord , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Oklahoma Municipal League, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

David L. Weatherford , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for City of Sand Springs, Amicus Curiae.

C. Miles Tolbert , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, or Holly Refining & Marketing, Amicus Curiae.

C. Michael Zacharis , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Sooner Rowing Assoc., Amicus Curiae.

G. Michael Lewis , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Amicus Curiae.

Lowell Lee Peterson , City Attorney, Glenpool, Oklahoma, for City of Glenpool, Amicus Curiae.


KAUGER, J.

¶ 1 The Oklahoma Capital Improvement Authority (OCIA) has applied for the Court's approval of revenue bonds pursuant to 73 O.S. Supp.2009 § 336.1 We determine that the proposed bonds are unconstitutional. Accordingly, we deny the application.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 In 2009, the Oklahoma Legislature passed Senate Bill No. 239 which became codified...

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