Arizona Early Childhood Development & Health Board v. Brewer

OPINION

RYAN, Justice.

¶ 1 This special action requires us to decide whether the legislature acted within its authority when it transferred $7 million in income earned on revenue from the Early Childhood Development and Health Fund into the state’s general fund. We hold that it did not.

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¶ 2 Our special action jurisdiction is “highly discretionary.” League of Ariz. Cities & Towns v. Martin, 219 Ariz. 556, 558, ¶ 4, 201 P.3d 517, 519 (2009); Ariz. R.P. Spec. Act. 3, State Bar Committee Note. We accepted jurisdiction because this special action raises issues of statewide importance that are…