Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re 1.35% Property Tax Cap, Unless Voter Approved

I concur in the majority’s conclusions that the proposed amendment does not violate the single-subject requirement, that the ballot title is not defective, and that the financial impact statement complies with the statutory requirements. I dissent, however, from the conclusion that the ballot summary is misleading and from the decision to exclude the proposed amendment from the ballot.

As the majority acknowledges, this Court has long recognized that we should not “interfere with the right of the people to vote upon a proposed constitutional amendment absent a showing in the record that the…