"Everybody knows all sides on this matter will appeal this,
China Jerseys, no matter what," Strunk said. "So the issue is a matter of law that is still being worked through the courts."
The public agency would still bring in enough cash to pay bondholders who financed University of Phoenix Stadium where the Arizona Cardinals play and that hosts the Fiesta Bowl. But spring training stadiums, tourism promotions and youth sports programs would likely lose major funding.
She also said she believed Whitten was incorrect in ruling that the state can recover any refund it pays from the authority.
Maricopa County voters approved the tax in 2000. Aiken challenged it on grounds that the state Constitution says taxes on vehicles must be directed to roads projects.
"We're going to say that he got it wrong for basic,
Wholesale Jerseys China, fundamental legal issues. The provision under the Arizona state Constitution that he said was violated was enacted after there were already (sales) taxes imposed on rentals in the state of Arizona," Strunk said. "This is no different than those types of taxes."
An earlier court of appeals ruling in the case said the rental car companies are the ones who might be owed a refund,
Cheap NFL Jerseys, not the customers who actually paid the 3.25 percent tax.
The ruling says the state is on the hook, even though it passed on the taxes to the sports and tourism authority and can recover the money over three years from that agency.
Shawn Aiken, an attorney representing 115 car rental agencies who sued over the tax,
China NFL Jerseys, said Thursday that he estimated the state Department of Revenue owes his clients about $150 million,
NFL Jerseys Authentic China, including interest, for taxes it has collected since the suit was filed.
If the earlier ruling declaring the tax unconstitutional is ultimately upheld, it would remove nearly half the authority's tax revenues and blow a big hole in the agency's finances.
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