County of Maricopa v. Garfield

The petitioners sought by this special action to require the State Treasurer to accept as valid the amended tax rate fixed by petitioners on September 4, 1973. This Court accepted jurisdiction of the special action (Ariz.Const, art. 6 § S, A.R.S.) and because of the public importance of the issues involved and of the need for prompt action we made an immediate ruling granting the relief sought by petitioners, noting that a formal written opinion would follow in due course.

On August 20, 1973 the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County fixed, assessed and levied the amount of funds to be raised…