Questão jurídica principal
Whether the municipal rules allowed wastewater-tax revenues to finance renovation of sewer canals
Decisão extraída
The Federal Court held that an extensive interpretation allowing some wastewater-tax revenue to cover canal-renewal costs was not arbitrary.
Fundamentação extraída
The scheme distinguished three taxes, but the systemically related costs of the treatment plant could include bringing water to the plant, so some overlap with the maintenance tax was permissible.