Opinion ID: 2593976
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Early challenge to the initiative's description of effect

Text: On February 3, 2006, TASC opponents challenged in the district court the description of effect contained in the December 2005 petitions. This challenge was brought under NRS 295.061(2), which requires that each initiative contain a descriptionon each signature page of the petitionof the effect that it will have if approved by voters. Although both December versions included the same description of effect, the opponents alleged that that description did not adequately describe the impact that the TASC initiative would have if approved by voters. The district court agreed with the challengers, concluding that the description did not fully and accurately describe the TASC initiative's effects. In accordance with the district court's order, the committee submitted a revised description of effect, which the district court adopted as adequate by order dated March 7, 2006. On March 8, 2006, the committee filed with the Secretary of State a new copy of its initiative petition with the revised description of effect. Like the December 2005 standard-sized petition, section 4(4) of the March 8, 2006 TASC petition provided that, for the initial biennial 2009-2011 budget cycle, the base biennium for calculating the state spending limit shall be the 2005-2007 biennium adjusted for cumulative changes in population and inflation occurring between January 1, 2007 and January 1, 2009.