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Miscellaneous Resolution # 99148
BY: Brenda Causey-Mitchell, County Commissioner-District #6
RE: UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Oakland County has been inundated over the last several years with unfunded
mandates imposed by State laws and regulations; and
WHEREAS, the effect of these unfunded mandates is the diversion of local tax revenues
away from the purpose for which they were authorized by Oakland County voters in order to pay for
purposes which State legislators and administrators have decided to impose upon Oakland County;
and
WHEREAS, the Headlee Amendment to the Michigan Constitution expresses that it is the
will of the people of Michigan that local units of government, including counties, will not be
burdened with unfunded mandates imposed by State statutes and regulations; and
WHEREAS, the underlying purpose, prescribed by the people of Michigan, through the
Headlee Amendment, was to make State government financially responsible for obligations which
it imposes on local units of government through State statutes and regulations; and
WHEREAS, State government has totally ignored its financial responsibilities under the
Headlee Amendment and in so doing has acted in a constitutionally unlawful manner; and
WHEREAS, respect for the Michigan Constitution is a core responsibility of all levels of
government, not the least of which includes State government.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
authorizes and directs the civil counsel for the County shall institute legal proceedings appropriate
to pursuing remedy for the continuing violations by State government of the fmancial obligations
imposed upon it by the Headlee Amendment, including the recoupment of attorney fees for such
proceedings, as permitted under the Headlee Amendment.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #99148 June 10, 1999
The Vice Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee and Finance Committee. There were no objections.