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Court Upholds Law on Road Funds
posted 10:20 am Thu May 08, 2008 - Little Rock
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The state Supreme Court says that a 1963 law that gives most of the road funds in Benton County to Bentonville, Rogers and Siloam Springs is constitutional.
The high court upheld a lower court's ruling today. Benton County had appealed that decision, saying that the legislation violates the state constitution's ban on funding strictly local projects.
The law says that 90% of road funds collected within Bentonville, Rogers and Siloam Springs should go toward those three cities.
In a 6-1 ruling, the court said that the county failed to show that the law was not related to achieving any legitimate purpose of state government.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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