Court Opinion

ID: 9726643
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 13:01:53.523377+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:12:37.631257
License: Public Domain

Boslaugh, J.,
dissenting in part.
I concur fully in the holding of the majority opinion that the 1975 Technical Community College Area Act is constitutional. I also concur in the holding that if the predominant purpose of a legislative act is local the activity may be financed by a property tax. The fact that a previous act in the same area was invalid is totally irrelevant so far as consideration of the 1975 act is concerned.
I do not agree that the Duis amendment is a complete restriction upon legislative discretion to convert traditional state functions into local functions. In my view the Legislature still has the power to allocate the various functions and activities of government between the state and local subdivisions as it may see fit. Functions and activities that are in fact local may be financed from sources of revenue that are available to local subdivisions.
Spencer, J., joins in the concurrence and dissent.