Brower V. State

This case concerns Laws of 1997, ch. 220, and Referendum 48, which provide for construction and financing of new stadium facilities for the Seattle Seahawks, a professional football team. Appellant Jordan Brower raises numerous constitutional challenges to the legislation, primarily in connection with provisions which conditioned referral of Referendum 48 to the people on the payment of costs of the referendum election by a private entity, the "team affiliate." Other challenges are that the Act violates the single subject rule of article II, section 19 of the Washington Constitution, and that it contains an invalid emergency clause. We conclude the legislation is valid and affirm summary Judgement in favor of respondents. In reaching this Conclusion, we note that our recent decision in CLEAN v. State, 130 Wn.2d 782, 928 P.2d 1054 (1996), dictates the result on a number of the issues Brower has raised.