Michigan Constitution
Article IX - FINANCE AND TAXATION
§ 1 Taxes for state expenses.
Universal Citation: MI Const art IX § 1
Sec. 1. The legislature shall impose taxes sufficient with other resources to pay the expenses of state government.
History: Const. 1963, Art. IX, § 1, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.
Constitutionality: Const 1963, art 6, § 1 and art 9, §§ 1 and 3 do not require the state to pay the entire cost of trial court operations. It is for the legislature to determine whether to adopt a system of state funding of trial court operations. Grand Traverse Co v Michigan, 450 Mich 457, 538 NW2d 1 (1995).
Former constitution: See Const. 1908, Art. X, § 2.
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