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SMITH v. SCIO TOWNSHIP

Docket No. 98014.

173 Mich. App. 381 (1988)

433 N.W.2d 855

SMITH v. SCIO TOWNSHIP

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keusch & Flintoft, P.C. (by Peter C. Flintoft), for plaintiff.

Reading & Etter (by John L. Etter), for defendant.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and SHEPHERD and C.L. BOSMAN, JJ.

C.L. BOSMAN, J.

The primary question presented in this appeal is whether the Headlee Amendment, Const 1963, art 9, § 31, limits a township board's taxing authority to its preincorporation level without a separate vote of the electors when the electors of a general law township vote to become a charter township pursuant to 1947 PA 359; MCL 42.1 et seq.; MSA 5.46(1) et seq. We hold that it does not.

Defendant Scio Township and members of the...

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