Houston v. Governor

METER, EJ.

(concurring in part and dissenting in part). Because I believe that 2011 PA 280 is constitutional in its entirety, I respectfully dissent from the part of the majority opinion that invalidates the first sentence of MCL 46.401(2). I would reverse the decision of the circuit court and uphold the act as written.

In concluding that the first sentence of MCL 46.401(2), as amended by 2011 PA 280, is unconstitutional as an improperly adopted local law, the majority finds dispositive Michigan v Wayne Co Clerk, 466 Mich 640; 648 NW2d 202 (2002). The statute at issue in that case applied to a…