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MICH. UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS v. SECRETARY OF STATE

Docket No. 119274, Calendar No. 1.

630 N.W.2d 297 (2001)

464 Mich. 359

MICHIGAN UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS, Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners, Ross Dykman, David K. Felbeck, and Corrie Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF STATE and State Board of Canvassers, Defendants-Appellees, and People Who Care About Kids, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickinson, Wright, P.L.L.C. (by Peter H. Ellsworth, Jeffery V. Stuckey, and Scott R. Knapp), Lansing, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Gary P. Gordon and Katherine C. Galvin, Assistant Attorneys General, Lansing, for the defendants-appellees.

Timothy A. Baughman, Royal Oak, for the intervening defendant.

Mika, Meyers, Beckett & Jones, P.L.C. (by Michael A. Zagaroli and Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer), Grand Rapids, for amici curiae Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police.

Dykema, Gossett, P.L.L.C. (by Richard D. McLellan, and Sandra M. Cotter), Lansing, for amici curiae Michigan State Senator Hoffman and Michigan State Representatives Richner and DeVuyst.

TAYLOR, J.

The issue here is whether 2000 Public Act 381 is exempt from the power of referendum of the Michigan Constitution. Having granted leave to appeal and heard oral argument, this Court finds as follows:

(1) The power of referendum of the Michigan Constitution "does not extend to acts making appropriations for state institutions...." Const. 1963, art. 2, § 9.

(2) 2000 PA 381 states that "one million dollars is appropriated from the general...

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