2013 House Bill 4704 ↩

Senate Roll Call 479: Passed

To restrict legal challenges to the spending levels in a county’s annual budget, establishing that only "an elected official heading a branch of county government" and the chief judge of a court funded by a county have standing to bring such a challenge in court. Also, to establish that the state Court of Appeals is the only venue for such suits, and establish a legal presumption that the amount appropriated is sufficient. This relates to a recent challenge by the Wayne County Prosecutor over the amount of money the county board appropriated for that office.