McIntire v. Forbes

Petitioners challenge the constitutionality of the light rail funding provisions of Senate Bill 1156 (SB 1156 or the Act), enacted by the Oregon legislature in special session in August 1995. They assert that sections 1 to 17 of the Act (the substantive provisions relating to light rail funding) are invalid for a number of reasons. We conclude that sections 1 to 17 of the Act are invalid because the legislative act in which they are contained violates the “one-subject” requirement of Article IV, section 20, of the Oregon Constitution.

I. JURISDICTION OF THE COURT

Intervenor 1 raises certain…