One of two lawsuits against Pinal RTA dismissed
Casa Grande Dispatch
One of the lawsuits trying to stop the collection of a new tax to fund major transportation projects in Pinal County has been dismissed.
Judge Christopher Whitten of the Arizona Tax Court dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit filed by the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona against the Arizona Department of Revenue and Pinal County. The tax, under Proposition 417, was approved by county voters in November to fund the Regional Transportation Authority.
The lawsuit alleged that while the election pamphlet stated that the tax will be applied to a wide range of business classifications, the actual proposition levies a tax of only one-half percent on the gross income from selling tangible personal property, applying only to the first $10,000.
