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1 In this opinion, we determine that a county's imposition of a transaction privilege tax pursuant to the authority of Arizona Revised Statutes section 42-6103 (Supp. 2001) is a "legislative" act subject to the initiative power reserved to the citizens of the county under Article 4, Part 1, Section 1(8) of the Arizona Constitution.

BACKGROUND

2 Section 42-6103 authorizes small Arizona coun

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