Oakland County v. Department of Mental Health

Taxpayer-plaintiffs sued the state, claiming that its practice of classifying money spent for the care of mentally ill and developmentally disabled individuals as spending paid to local units of government was unconstitutional pursuant to Const 1963, art 9, § 30. The trial court granted a declaratory judgment in plaintiffs’ favor, holding that such expenditures were not state spending to local units of government for purposes of Const 1963, art 9, § 30 and that MCL 18.1350(2); MSA 3.516(350)(2) was unconstitutional. The court *50enjoined the director of the Department of Management and Budget…