Long v. Napolitano

OPINION

TIMMER, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 We are asked to decide whether legislation creating and implementing the Tourism and Sports Authority (“TSA”), Ariz.Rev. Stat. (“A.R.S.”) §§ 5-802 to -877 (Supp. 2001), is an unconstitutional special law favoring only Maricopa County. We must further determine whether the TSA funding mechanism violates the constitutional debt limitation. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the TSA legislation is not a prohibited special law and does not violate the debt limitation established by our constitution. However, we sever the language from A.R.S. § 5-866(1)…