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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article IV § 29

Joint Resolution No. 2 of 1915

November 7, 1916; Approved 283,823 to 275,701 (51%)

Article V

Sec. 30: 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. No local or special act, excepting acts repealing local or special acts in effect January one, nineteen hundred nine and receiving a two-thirds vote of the Legislature shall take effect until approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon in the district to be affected.

Sources

  • Joint Resolution No. 2 of 1915 (PDF)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1917-1918, p. 485 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1915, p. 572 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1917, pp. 937–938 (HathiTrust)

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