State Ex Rel Brnovich v. City of Phoenix

Summary

The Arizona Supreme Court held that Phoenix's airport trip fees for commercial ground transportation providers are not prohibited by Article 9, section 25 because they are authorized-user fees based on providers' use of airport property, not fees based on consumer spending for services. The court also held that the statutory bond requirement for special actions challenging local laws is incomplete and unintelligible and therefore unenforceable, while declining to declare it unconstitutional. The court accepted special-action jurisdiction, denied the Attorney General's requested relief against the Ordinance, and awarded the City attorney fees.