City Of Phoenix To AZ Supreme Court: User Fees Do Not Violate State Law

From the City of Phoenix:

Posted February 18, 2020

Today, as part of a continued legal process, the city of Phoenix reiterated its position that businesses who use the city's airport to make a profit must pay user fees.

The city officially filed a written response in a brief to the Arizona Supreme Court explaining that more than 1,100 businesses operate at Sky Harbor International Airport and all of them pay fees to do so. These user fees have been in place at the airport for more than 50 years and do not violate state law.

Phoenix owns and operates the number one ranked airport in the U.S. and no city tax dollars support the facility. To maintain the airport at this high level the airport fairly charges fees to all commercial users.

Sky Harbor is the top economic engine for the state of Arizona and to continue to thrive, it must have the ability to collect user fees from those who profit by doing business at the airport.

A copy of the city's brief to the Supreme Court is available to read

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