Legal Opinion
Professional Engineers in California Government v. Wilson
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 25, 1998No. Docket Nos. C023360, C023368PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAVIS, J.
— At issue in these consolidated appeals is the legality of using funds from the State Highway Account (SHA) to reimburse the General Fund for payments of principal and interest on two rail bond measures passed in 1990. The state and three of its top officials (hereafter, the State) contend that article XIX, section 4 of the state Constitution permits the Legislature to use SHA funds in this manner. Two state employee groups and some individual taxpayers disagree, contending this transfer of SHA moneys violates the bond acts at issue, as well as article XIX and Streets and…
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