SACRAMENTO — Taxpayer groups and Republican lawmakers filed suit today against a yet-to-be-enacted Democratic plan to raise billions of new revenue for the state with simple-majority votes in the Legislature.
The proposal, which was approved last month by both houses of the Legislature but which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger so far has refused to sign, would sidestep a state law requiring two-thirds majority votes to raise taxes. It would do so essentially by replacing taxes with fees, which need only a majority to pass.
In a lawsuit being filed in the Third Appellate District Court of Appeal, opponents ask for "immediate action" to stop the budget plan from going into effect. The fact that the plan was approved is enough to trigger a ruling from the courts, they said at a news conference.
Silicon Valley Mercury News
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