Legal Opinion
Stop Exploiting Taxpayers v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided December 22, 2005No. 1 CA-CV 04-0819PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OROZCO, Judge.
¶ 1 In this appeal from summary judgment to the Mesa City Clerk and the City of Mesa (the City defendants), we conclude that municipal ordinances setting rates charged for city-owned utility services are administrative acts and therefore are not subject to referendum.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶ 2 On June 21, 2004, the Mesa City Council adopted four ordinances that adjusted the City’s water, wastewater, gas, and solid waste utility rates. Stop Exploiting Taxpayers (SET) registered with the Arizona Secretary of State as a political committee and filed an application…
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