Legal Opinion
Bay Area Cellular Telephone Co. v. City of Union City
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 29, 2008No. A114956PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RIVERA, J.
This case presents the question of whether a fee imposed on telephone lines by defendant City of Union City (the City) to fund its 911 emergency communication system is a special tax that must be approved by two-thirds of the voters in the City. The trial court ruled it was a tax, and entered judgment against the City and in favor of the plaintiffs in this action for declaratory relief. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The Legislature enacted the Warren-911 -Emergency Assistance Act (Gov. Code, 2 § 53100 et seq.) (the Warren Act) in 1972. The Warren Act declared that the establishment…
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