City of North Little Rock v. Graham

Richard B. Adkisson, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Jack L. Graham, brought suit on behalf of citizens and taxpayers of North Little Rock to declare the “public safety fee” collected pursuant to City Ordinance No. 5202 unconstitutional as an illegal exaction and asked that appellant, the City of North Little Rock, be required to refund monies illegally collected pursuant to the ordinance. The Pulaski Chancery Court granted the relief requested. On appeal we affirm.

On January 5,1981, the North Little Rock City Council enacted Ordinance No. 5202 for the purpose of raising $700,000 so that the…