Mertz v. States
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.
The appellant, Alice Mertz, requests that we reverse the Garland County Circuit Court’s order striking from the November 1994 general election ballot in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, a proposed ordinance reducing the percentage rate of the tax collected on prepared food sold in the City of Hot Springs. We decline to do so and hold that the initiative petition fails to comply with Amendment 7 of the Arkansas Constitution and is therefore fatally defective.
The ordinance in question was initiated pursuant to Amendment 7 to the Arkansas Constitution and…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Hilburn v. First State Bank of SpringdaleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
- Catlett v. Republican Party of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967
- Rich v. WalkerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1964
- Hargis v. Hall, Secretary of StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1938
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