Legal Opinion
Soap & Detergent Ass'n v. Natural Resources Commission
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1982No. 66789, (Calendar No. 4)PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
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The issue we are asked to address in this case is whether the authority to promulgate 1979 AC, R 323.1173(4), which regulates the phosphorus content permitted in cleaning agents, was lawfully delegated to the Natural Resources Commission, the head of the Department of Natural Resources.
This issue includes three subissues. First, did the Legislature pre-empt the power to "further restrict the nutrient content * * * of cleaning agents” in 1971 PA 226, or did it grant this power to the Water Resources Commission? Second, did the Governor have the authority to transfer this power to "further…
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