Wayne County v. State Treasurer

This is an original action for mandamus to compel the State Treasurer to distribute revenues collected and due under the Single Business Tax Act. MCL 208.1 et seq.; MSA 7.558(1) et seq. Plaintiff alleged that the amount of $11,856,233.90 became due it on February 1, 1980, and that the Department of Treasury refused to make the payment, claiming that plaintiff owed the state $7,917,363.19 as of April, 1979. According to defendants, this amount represented plaintiffs unpaid proportionate share of mental health care costs for its residents as provided by MCL 330.1302; MSA 14.800(302) and MCL…