Legal Opinion
Hessey v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 1991No. 90-680, 90-809PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Rehearing En Bano
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
Before the en banc court for the first time in a decade is the question of the scope of the right of initiative. 1 D.C.Code § l-281(a) (1987 Repl.). The issue arises in the context of two proposed initiatives that would impose fees or tax surcharges to be deposited in trust funds devoted to low and moderate income housing purposes. The question before the court is whether these initiatives fall within the prohibition of “laws appropriating funds” contained in D.C.Code § l-281(a) (1987 Repl.) or other limitation on the initiative right. The fundamental…
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