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COUNTY RD ASS'N v. BD. OF CANVASSERS

Docket Nos. 63038-63041. (Calendar No. 1).

407 Mich. 101 (1979)

282 N.W.2d 774

COUNTY ROAD ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN v. BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS MICHIGAN ROAD BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, INC v. BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Downs, Pirich & Downs, P.C., for plaintiffs County Road Association of Michigan, Michigan Municipal League, Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority, and the City of Grand Rapids.

Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile (by William A. Saxton, John B. Weaver, and James E. Stewart) for plaintiffs Michigan Road Builders' Association, Michigan Office of Services to the Aging, Capitol Area Rail Council, Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers, and Michigan State Legislative Board, United Transportation Union.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Varda N. Fink, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

Sinas, Dramis, Brake, Boughton, McIntyre & Reisig, P.C., for intervening defendants People Against Higher Taxes.

PER CURIAM:

The question before us is whether 1978 PA 426, increasing the gasoline tax from 9 to 11 cents per gallon and the diesel motor fuel tax from 7 to 9 cents, and 1978 PA 427, increasing the motor vehicle registration tax, among other things, are subject to referendum. We hold that they are not.

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On February 10, 1977, the Governor delivered a special message to the Legislature inviting their attention...

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