Arizona Early Childhood Development & Health Board v. Brewer

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that “[t]he Voter Protection Act altered the balance of power between the electorate and the legislature”
• concluding that the legislature’s decision to sweep interest income into the general fund did not further the purposes of the Early Childhood Initiative and therefore violated the VPA
• stating that when an initiative-created statute is ambiguous, courts may consider the consequences and effects of alternate constructions
• explaining that the VPA “limits the legislature’s authority ... to divert or appropriate funds ‘created or allocated to a specific purpose’ by such measures.” (citation omitted)
• stating publicity pamphlets can be examined to ascertain electorate's intent in passing a measure
• stating publicity pamphlets can be examined to ascertain electorate’s intent in passing a measure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).