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Lawsuit seeks to stop transfer from fund for deaf | GoErie.com/Erie Times-News
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Tracy McCooey says she expects to rule Monday on a request that she temporarily stop a new law that allows money for telephone services for the deaf collected from landline telephone customers to instead be used for education spending.
McCooey said at a hearing Tuesday she also expects to also rule Monday on a request from attorneys for the state that she dismiss the lawsuit by The Alabama Dual Party Relay, which oversees money collected for the program.
An attorney for the relay board, Lee Copeland, argued the program is private and the Legislature had no right to designate $30 million be used for education.
But Assistant Attorney General Will Parker said the Alabama Public Service Commission oversees the board and it is public, not private.
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Tracy McCooey says she expects to rule Monday on a request that she temporarily stop a new law that allows money for telephone services for the deaf collected from landline telephone customers to instead be used for education spending.
McCooey said at a hearing Tuesday she also expects to also rule Monday on a request from attorneys for the state that she dismiss the lawsuit by The Alabama Dual Party Relay, which oversees money collected for the program.
An attorney for the relay board, Lee Copeland, argued the program is private and the Legislature had no right to designate $30 million be used for education.
But Assistant Attorney General Will Parker said the Alabama Public Service Commission oversees the board and it is public, not private.