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IN RE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF 2011 PA 38

Docket No. 143157.

806 N.W.2d 683 (2011)

490 Mich. 295

In re REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION REGARDING CONSTITUTIONALITY OF 2011 PA 38.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

November 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Richard A. Bandstra , Cheif Legal Counsel, and Bradley K. Morton , Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General in support of the constitutionality of the amendments of 2011 PA 38.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, and Frank Monticello , Ann Sherman , Heidi Johnson-Mehney , Heather Meingast , and Amy Patterson , Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General in opposition to the constitutionality of the amendments of 2011 PA 38.

D. Daniel McLellan and Stuart R. Cohen for amicus curiae the Michigan State Employee Retirees Association Coordinating Council, the Michigan Federation of Chapters of National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, and AARP.

Dickinson Wright PLLC (by Peter H. Ellsworth , Jeffrey V. Stuckey , and Peter J. Kulick ), Lansing, for amicus curiae the Michigan Bankers Association, the Michigan Chambers of Commerce, and the Michigan Retailers Association.

Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP ( John D. Pirich and Andrea L. Hansen ), Lansing, for amicus curiae Business Leaders for Michigan and the Small Business Association of Michigan.

Michael F. Saggau , Detriot, for amicus curiae International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agriculture Implement Workers of America (UAW).

White, Schneider, Young & Chiodini, P.C. (by James J. Chiodini and Timothy J. Dlugos), Okemos, for amicus curiae the Michigan Education Association.

Sachs Waldman, P.C. (by Mary Ellen Gurewitz ), Detroit, for amicus curiae Michigan State AFL-CIO and Services Employees International Union, Local 517M.

Opinion

MARKMAN, J.

Pursuant to Const. 1963, art. 3, § 8, this Court granted the Governor's request for an advisory opinion on the constitutionality of 2011 PA 38.1 More specifically, we granted the Governor's request to address the following four constitutional questions:

(1) whether reducing or eliminating the statutory exemption for public-pension incomes as described in MCL 206.30, as amended, impairs accrued...

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