Rae Ann Rumery v. Maria baier/doug Ducey

OPINION

BALES, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 Arizona’s Constitution directs that “whenever any monies shall be in any manner derived from” state trust lands, the monies “shall be deposited” into a permanent fund to serve the purpose for which the land was granted. Ariz. Const. art. 10, § 7(A). We hold that A.R.S. § 37-527 (Supp.2012) violates this provision by diverting up to ten percent of certain trust land proceeds to a management fund rather than depositing them into a permanent fund.

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¶ 2 In 1910, Congress passed the New Mexico-Arizona Enabling Act, granting Arizona more than ten million acres…