Richter v. Library Tax Elimination Referendum

HESS, J.,

The factual posture of this case is not in dispute. A county library tax was voted into existence in the primary election of May 1986 and was first collected during the 1987 tax year. On September 3, 1987, a petition for referendum was filed with the office of the Cumberland County Commissioners. Filed by Mary K. Barrick, a resident of North Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pa., and containing the signatures of numerous purported registered voters of the county, the petition requests a referendum on the question of eliminating the county library tax, asking that the question be…