Legal Opinion
Automotive United Trades Organization v. State
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 4, 2012No. 85971-0PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ.M. Johnson, J.
¶1 The Automotive United Trades Organization (AUTO) and Tower Energy Group bring an as-applied state constitutional challenge to a tax based on the possession of petroleum as a hazardous substance.1 AUTO and Tower claim that the hazardous substances tax (HST), found in RCW 82.21.030, violates article II, section 40 of the state constitution because the revenue from motor vehicle fuel is not being “placed in a special fund to be used exclusively for highway purposes.” Wash. Const, art. II, § 40. The trial court held on summary judgment that AUTO’s claim was barred because it was not filed…
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