American Automobile Ass'n v. State

The plaintiff, the American Automobile Association, appeals a decision by the Superior Court (Flynn, J.), upholding the constitutionality of an amendment to RSA 261:20 (Supp. 1992), increasing motor vehicle certificate of title fees, and allocating fifty percent of those fees to the State’s general fund. The plaintiff claims that the amended statute violates part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire Constitution, which restricts the use of revenue generated from the operation of motor vehicles to highway purposes. The plaintiff further claims that the amendment violates part II, article 5,…