Edwards v. County of Erie

OPINION BY

President Judge LEADBETTER.1

A group of hoteliers in Erie County appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas that sustained the constitutionality of the Third Class County Convention Center Authority Act (Alternative Provision) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), Act of October 18, 2000, P.L. 541, as amended, 16 P.S. §§ 2399.51-2399.73,2 *999added to The County Code, Act of August 9, 1955, P.L. 323, as amended, 16 P.S. §§ 101-3000.3903, and County Ordinance No. 45-2000, which imposes a hotel room tax as authorized by the Act. Common pleas rejected the hoteliers’ contention that…