Michigan Constitution

Article IV, § 27 — Laws, effective date

Michigan Const. art. IV, § 27

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Mich. Const. art. IV, § 27.

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Sec. 27. No act shall take effect until the expiration of 90 days from the end of the session at which it was passed, but the legislature may give immediate effect to acts by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to and serving in each house.

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History

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 27, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.; Constitutionality: A law proposed by initiative petition which is enacted by the Legislature without change or amendment within forty days of its reception takes effect ninety days after the end of the session in which it was enacted unless two-thirds of the members of each house of the Legislature vote to give it immediate effect. Frey v Department of Management and Budget, 429 Mich 315; 414 NW2d 873 (1987).; Former constitution: See Const. 1908, Art. V, § 21.

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