Livingston County v. Department of Management & Budget

This case involves an interpretation of the Solid Waste Management Act and Const 1963, art 9, §29, a provision of the Headlee Amendment, which in part, requires the state to appropriate funds to units of local government for the necessary increased costs associated with "an increase in the level of any activity or service beyond that required by existing law . . . .” The specific question in this case is whether application of the provisions of the Solid Waste Management Act to plaintiff’s sanitary landfill triggers art 9, §29’s state funding requirement. We hold that Const 1963, art 9, § 29…