Ritter's office files appeal on school finance law
By Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published June 19, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
Gov. Bill Ritter is going to bat for his school financing bill that was ruled unconstitutional by a Denver district judge last month.
His office filed a notice of appeal Wednesday with the state Court of Appeals.
On May 31, Denver District Judge Christina Habas ruled that Senate Bill 199, a school finance law that would freeze property tax rates in most of the state's school districts, was unconstitutional.
Habas held that the 2007 law could not take effect without taxpayer approval under Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights.
In the notice of appeal, Ritter raised a few issues about Habas' ruling, including: whether she used an incorrect standard of review to determine the constitutionality of SB 199; whether she created a new requirement for the wording of ballot measures that exempt property tax from TABOR limits; and whether she erred in finding that 174 school district elections had failed to comply with TABOR.
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jjfjules writes:
As usual there is plenty of money for bureaucrats and lawyers!!
June 19, 2008
9:12 a.m.
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Navy writes:
The headline is misleading. It's the property tax freeze that the guv is appealing.