State Ex Rel. Hoppe v. Meyers

This matter is before the court on an original application for a writ of mandamus, filed by a registered voter on behalf of himself and a corporation called “Overtaxed, Inc.” to compel the secretary of state to submit to the people by referendum a portion of chapter 7, Laws of 1961, Ex. Ses. This act increased the motor-fuel tax and use-fuel tax from six and one-half cents to seven and one-half cents per gallon. The act provides that one-quarter cent of the increased tax shall be “paid into the motor vehicle fund and credited to the Puget Sound reserve account *322created by section 18 of this…