Opinion ID: 848685
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: Local Acts Provision

Text: Finally, because the compacts at issue are not legislation, they do not violate the local acts provision of the Michigan Constitution. Const 1963, art 4, § 29. We disagree with Chief Justice Corrigan's local acts analysis. The local acts provision reads: The legislature shall pass no local or special act in any case where a general act can be made applicable, and whether a general act can be made applicable shall be a judicial question. [Const 1963, art 4, § 29.] An act is legislation. Black's Law Dictionary defines a legislative act as: [a]n alternative name for statutory law. A bill which has been enacted by the legislature into law. Black's Law Dictionary (6th ed). Since tribal-state gaming compacts are not legislation, as discussed supra, the local acts provision of our Constitution is not applicable to them.