SACRAMENTO – North State Assemblyman and Chief Republican Whip Dan Logue today blasted a decision by the California Board of Forestry and Fire Prevention to make a new fire fee permanent. The fee has been challenged in a lawsuit as an illegal tax by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. “This fee is and always has been an illegal tax,” said Logue. “The board’s decision to make it permanent does not take away from the fact that this supposed fee was passed without the proper vote as required by the State Constitution.” The State Responsibility Area fee, also known as the …