Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Grimes v. City of Oklahoma City

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 8, 2002No. 96,836Published

1ConcurrenceSummers, J.

11 I concur in the Court's opinion with these additional observations.

12 Section 22-159 states that municipalities may support a public school "by the expenditure of municipal revenues for construction or improvement of public school facilities." Municipal sales tax revenue is one type of municipal revenue. See, e.g., 11 O.S.Supp.1992 § 22-154, (sales tax is a municipal tax revenue that may be used as *728payment or security for municipal utility revenue obligations). The Legislature may confer upon a municipality the power to assess and collect a sales tax for the purpose of the municipality.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. ClarkOregon Supreme Court · 1981
  2. City of Sapulpa v. LandSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  3. Board of Education of City of Ardmore v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  4. Burkhardt v. City of EnidSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
  5. State Ex Rel. Brown v. City of Warr AcresSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1997

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