Legal Opinion
Boards of County Road Commissioners v. Board of State Canvassers
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 1974No. Docket 55,344, 55,366PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
Const 1963, art 2, §9 reserves to the people "the power to approve or reject laws enacted by the legislature, called the referendum.” This constitutional provision provides, however, that the power of referendum does not extend to acts "making appropriations for state institutions”.
On March 29, 1973, petitions were filed with the Board of State Canvassers requesting a referendum on 1972 PA 326 (MCLA 207.102 et seq.; MSA 7.292 et seq.), which increased the motor vehicle gasoline tax.
The plaintiffs, the Boards of County Road Commissioners of a number of counties, commenced an original action in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Northern Securities Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Kuhn v. Department of TreasuryMichigan Supreme Court · 1971
- Richardson v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1968
- Michigan Good Roads Federation v. State Board of CanvassersMichigan Supreme Court · 1952
- Young v. Detroit City ClerkMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Advisory Opinion on Constitutionality of 1975 PA 227Michigan Supreme Court · 1976
- Michigan United Conservation Clubs v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 2001
- Slama v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Kelly v. Marylanders for Sports Sanity, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1987
- West v. City of PortageMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
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