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King County judge rules I-776 unconstitutional 2/10/03 SEATTLE, WA- Initiative 776, the voter-approved $30 car tab measure, is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced because the ballot measure impermissibly linked two subjects, a King County Superior Court judge ruled Monday. Judge Mary Yu said the initiative, spearheaded by anti-tax activist Tim Eyman, was "unconstitutional in its entirety." Eyman had attempted to guarantee everyone in the state flat $30 auto license fees. He promised to appeal Yu's ruling. On Thursday, Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Cowsert rejected an Eyman-backed bid to force the mass transit agency to stop collecting a 0.3 percent motor vehicle excise tax while a discussion over the legality of Eyman's most recent initiative is resolved.
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