In Re Request for Advisory Opinion Regarding Constitutionality of 2011 PA 38

Pursuant to Const 1963, art 3, § 8, this Court granted the Governor’s request for an advisory *300opinion on the constitutionality of 2011 PA 38.1 More specifically, we granted the Governor’s request to address the following four constitutional questions:(1) whether reducing or eliminating the statutory exemption for public-pension incomes as described in MCL 206.30, as amended, impairs accrued financial benefits of a “pension plan [or] retirement system of the state [or] its political subdivisions” under Const 1963, art 9, § 24; (2) whether reducing or eliminating the statutory tax exemption for…