Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of PA 1966, No 346

The governor’s request for an advisory opinion submits two basic questions:

1. Does PA 1966, No 346, violate the provisions of Const 1963, art 9, § 18, which prohibits the State from granting its credit to or in aid of any person, association, or corporation, public or private, except as authorized in the Constitution?

2. If appropriations are made by the legislature to the funds of the authority, as authorized by the act, and such appropriations are used to pay principal and interest on bonds of the authority, is such action a borrowing by the State within the meaning of Const 1963, art 9, §…