Smith v. Scio Township

173 Mich. App. 381 (1988)

433 N.W.2d 855

SMITH

v.

SCIO TOWNSHIP

Docket No. 98014.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 5, 1988.

Keusch & Flintoft, P.C. (by Peter C. Flintoft), for plaintiff.

Reading & Etter (by John L. Etter), for defendant.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and SHEPHERD and C.L. BOSMAN,[*] JJ.

C.L. BOSMAN, J.

The primary question presented in this appeal is whether the Headlee Amendment, Const 1963, art 9, § 31, limits a township board's taxing authority to its preincorporation level without a separate vote of the electors when the electors of a general law township vote to become a charter…