[DOWNLOAD] "City Of Tacoma V. Taxpayers Of City Of Tacoma" by Supreme Court of Washington # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: City Of Tacoma V. Taxpayers Of City Of Tacoma
Author : Supreme Court of Washington
Release Date : January 27, 1987
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 87 KB

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The City of Tacoma appeals a trial court's declaratory judgment invalidating Tacoma's electrical energy conservation ordinance. The ordinance authorizes Tacoma's municipally owned utility company, Tacoma City Light, to issue electric revenue bonds and use other funds to invest in energy conservation measures installed in privately owned, electrically heated, residential and commercial structures located within the utility's service area. Although the trial court found Tacoma's conservation program authorized by RCW 35.92.050, the court invalidated the program as a gift of public funds prohibited by Const. art. 8, § 7. Accordingly, the trial court declared the conservation ordinance void and of no force and effect. While we