Plаintiff commenced an action on May 5, 1982, in Ingham County Circuit Court, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Plaintiff contended that the Logging Industry Compensation Fund provisions of Chapter 5 of the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act, MCL 418.501 et seq.; MSA 17.237(501) et seq., were unconstitutional. These provisions create a statutory scheme whereby employers in the logging industry are repaid out of a special fund for workers’ disability payments paid to employees in excess of $12,500. Plaintiff made a motion for summary judgment, or, in the alternative, for a preliminary injunction. *727 The trial court denied plaintiffs motion and dismissed the complaint in accordance with its written opinion of May 27, 1983. We believe that the exсellent opinion written by Judge Thomas L. Brown of the Ingham County Circuit Court should be adopted as our opinion, and we do so by quoting it in its entirety:
Opinion
"Plaintiff, Michigan Manufacturers Association, moves in this court for a summary judgment pursuant to GCR 1963, 117.2(3), or in the alternative, for a preliminary injunction. In support of its motion plaintiff represents that Chapter 5,
"D as amended § 501(3) impermissibly delegates legislative authority to a private, nongovernmental, voluntary association in violation of Const 1963, art 4, § 1;
"2) amended Chapter 5 contains more than one object which is not expressed in its title in violation of Const 1963, art 4, § 24;
"3) amended Chaptеr 5 violates the Equal Protection Clauses of both the Michigan and the United States Constitutions; and
"4) amended Chapter 5 violates the Due Process Clauses of both the Michigan and the United States Constitutions.
I
"In 1980 the legislature amended the Act enacting 1980 PA 357b which became effective January 1, 1982. This enactment established the Logging Industry Compensatiоn Fund, MCL 418.501(2); MSA 17.237(501X2) (hereinafter the Fund), in addition to the self-insurers security fund, second injury fund, and silicosis and dust fund. The purpose of the Fund is to reimburse logging employers or their insurance carriers for all weekly
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benefits paid to eligible workers in excess of $12,500.00. MCL 418.531(1); MSA 17.237(531X1). The Fund is provided sums of money by assessments imposed on all Michigan employers. MCL 418.551(2); MSA 17.237(551)(2). Several refinements to
"Plaintiff contends that Chapter 5 of
"Section 501(3) of the Act under
" 'As used in this section and sections 531 to 552b, "employment in the logging industry” means employment in the logging industry as described in the section in the workmen’s compensation and employers liability insurance manual, entitled, "logging or lumbering and drivers code no. 2702” which is ñled with and approved by the commissioner of insurance.’ (Emphasis added.) MCL 418.501(3); MSA 17.237(601X3).
"Under
" 'As used in this сhapter, "employment in the logging industry” means employment in the logging industry as described in the section in the workmen’s compensation and employers liability insurance manual, entitled, "logging or lumbering and drivers code no. 2702”, which is ñled with and approved by the commissioner of insurance. ’ (Emphasis added.)
"This language clearly indicates that the standard by which to determine 'employment in the logging industry’ is the definitiоn contained in the manual, entitled, 'logging or lumbering and drivers code no. 2702’. Pursuant to the affidavit of Ronald C. Hempsted, the director of the Market Standards Division of the State of Michigan Insurance Bureau, the liability insurance manual, entitled 'logging or lumbering and drivers code no.
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2702’ was filed with and approved by the insurance commissioner at the timе
"The principle of statutory adoption or incorporation by reference of an existing statute, rule, or regulation has long been the rule in Michigan.
City of Pleasant Ridge v Governor,
"In § 501(3) of the Act the Legislature intended that the manual in existence at the time provisions of
II
"Plaintiff next contends that the provisions of
"The title of the Act, as amended, MCL 418.101 et seq.; MSA 17.237(101) et seq., reads as follows:
" 'An Act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to worker’s disability compensation; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts.’
"The title of the previous act, MCL 411.1 et seq.; MSA 17.141 et seq., read in pertinent part:
" 'An Act tо promote the welfare of the people of this state, relating to the liability of employers for injuries or deaths sustained by their employees, providing compensation for the disability or death resulting from occupational injuries or disease or accidental injury to or death of employees and methods for the payment, and apportionment of thе same, providing for assessments, establishing an industrial accident board, defining its powers, providing for a review of its awards, making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of this act, and restricting the right to compensate or damages in such cases to such as are provided by this act.’ (Emphasis added.)
"The primary objеctive of this act is the protection of the worker. The title of the act contains broad and comprehensive language covering the entire spectrum of worker compensation and the means by which such payment is to be effected. The phrases, 'liability of employer for injuries or deaths’, 'methods for the рayment, and apportionment of the same,’ and 'providing for assessments,’ call attention to the establishment of the Fund, the assessment of funds to be collected from the employers to maintain it, and the reimbursement from it to eligible employers. This is a method of effectuating compensation for workers’ injuries — which furthers the genеral goal expressed in the title of the act.
"One of the purposes of the title-object limitation is to provide the public with adequate notice of the contents of a bill from its title.
Vernor
v
Secretary of State,
179
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Mich 157;
" 'if the act centers to one main general objеct or purpose which the title comprehensively declares, though in general terms, and if provisions in the body of the act not directly mentioned in the title are germane, auxiliary, or incidental to that general purpose, the constitutional requirement is met.’
"See also
Michigan Boiler & Sheet Iron Works v Dressler,
"The title of the Act expressly refers to the liability of the emplоyers. The creation of the Fund is germane, auxiliary, and incidental to the primary object of the Act and need not be expressed in the title of the Act. The provisions of
Ill
"Plaintiff next challenges the constitutionality of the Fund and the means by which it is contributed to on the basis of Equal Protection Clauses of both the Michigan and the United States Constitutions. Plaintiff argues that the selection of logging industry employers for beneficial liability limitations which are denied to all other worker compensation employers is arbitrary. In support of this position, plaintiff relies on the сase of
Manistee Bank & Trust Co v McGowan,
"In evaluating constitutional challenges to socioeconomic legislation on the basis of equal protection, both the United States and Michigan Supreme Courts apply the traditional 'rational relation’ test.
Feldman v Dep’t of Social Services,
"Plaintiff maintains that the stricter standard, which requires the legislative classification to possess a 'fair and substantial relation’ to the object of the legislation should be applied in this case. That standard was set forth and applied in the case of Manistee, supra, which involved legislation requiring guest passengers to show gross negligence, while all others merely had to show negligence, in order to recover for loss or injury. The Manistee Court, p 671, stated that this test is used 'where the challenged statute carves out a discrete exception to a general rule and the statutory exception is no longer experimental’.
"The statutory amendments challenged in this case do not meet either of these situations. In this case the classification is not affirmatively drawn but results from the overall statutory scheme which results in a method of reimbursing an employer for all benefits paid to an injured employee in excess of $12,500.00. This classification does not limit the amount of compensation to which an injured employee is entitled nor is it more difficult or easier for an injured employee to collect. Also, the Fund cannot be considered 'no longer experimental’.
Manistee
involved the constitutionality оf the state’s 45-year-old guest passenger act.
"The test for determining the constitutionality of socioeconomic legislation is set forth in
Shavers v Attorney General,
" 'The test to determine whether legislation enacted pursuant to the police power comports with due process is whether the legislation bears a reasonable relation to a permissible legislative objective.
" 'The test to determine whether a statute enacted
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pursuant to the police power comports with equal protection is, essentially, the same. As the United States Supreme Court declared in
United States Dep’t of Agriculture v Moreno,
"' "Under traditional equal protection analysis, a legislative classification must be sustained, if the classification itself is rationally related to a legitimate governmental interest.” ’ (Citations omitted.)
"The Supreme Court in
Johnson v Harnischfeger Corp,
"Under the traditional 'rational relation’ test social or economic legislation will be upheld if it is supported by ' "any state of facts either known or which could reasonably be assumed’ ”.
O’Brien v Hazelet & Erdal,
"This case is analogous to
Stottlemeyer v General Motors Corp,
" 'First we note that the fund and related tax on employers is for a valid public purpose. The preservation of important segments of Michigan’s industrial base with the associated benefits to the state is a legitimate goal. This is especially true when the threat to these employers springs from statutory compensation requirements.’ (Emphasis supplied.) Stottlemeyer, supra, p 614.
*734 "Such is the situation in the instant case. The Fund was established to cushion the logging industry from potentially ruinous compensation rates. According to the affidavit of Ronald C. Hempsted, logging industry employers were subject to compensation rates which approximated half of the payroll of an individual business. The Fund which was created to shield thе logging industry from these potentially ruinous compensation rates is rationally related to the legislative purpose in preserving the logging industry as a viable and competitive industry. The legislative classification creating the Fund is rationally related to a reasonable governmental interest. Therefore, the Fund does not offend the constitution on equal protection grounds.
IV
"Plaintiff next contends that the apportionment and reimbursement provisions of Chapter 5, as amended, of the Act which requires all Michigan employers to contribute to the Fund are arbitrary and constitute a taking of property without due process. Plaintiff argues that the denial tо all other Michigan employers of the right to be reimbursed from the fund for expenses incurred common to all violates Due Process Clauses of both the Michigan and the United States Constitutions.
"The test for reviewing socioeconomic legislation on equal protection and due process grounds is essentially the same. Johnson v Harnischfeger, supra, p 117.
"The assessment formula, created by the amendments to Chapter 5 of the Act, to which plaintiff objects, is a similar formula to that which is found under the former Silicosis and Dust Disease Fund. The Supreme Court in upholding the former Silicosis and Dust Disease Fund stated:
" 'Appellant has failed to establish that the Silicosis and Dust Disease Fund and its financing scheme are so arbitrary and unreasonable as to be an unconstitutional taking of money. Because the fund has a valid purpose and is administered pursuant to rational distinctions and policy judgments, we conclude that there is no violation of * * * due process.’ (Emphasis supplied.) Stottlemeyer, supra, p 616.
*735 "Plaintiff maintains that the legislative interest in protecting the logging industry from potentially ruinous compensation rates is not a valid public purpose. Plaintiff argues that in order for such a statute to be an exercise of a valid pupose it must assist the public.
"In
Stottlemeyer
the Supreme Court found the former Silicosis and Dust Disease Fund, which favored a specific industry, to be constitutional. The Fund, just as the former Silicosis and Dust Disease Fund, servеs the purpose of preserving the economic and industrial base of the state 'when the threat to these employers springs from statutory compensation requirements’, while still providing for workers’ benefits.
Stottlemeyer, supra,
p 614. The logging industry is a viable and important segment of the state’s industrial base and the creation of a statutory fund to preservе that industry is a permissible legislation action. The Fund, to which all Michigan employers are required to contribute, but which has the effect of shielding the logging industry from potentially ruinous compensation rates is rationally related to that legislative objective. As noted by the Supreme Court in
Stottlemeyer, supra,
pp 614-615, citing an early unemployment compensation case,
Carmichael v Southern Coal & Coke Co,
" ' ’’the requirements of due process leave free scope for the exercise of a wide legislative discretion in determining what expenditures will serve the public interest.
" * * The existence of local conditions which, because of their nature and extent, are of concern to the public as a whole, the modes of advancing the public interest by correсting them or avoiding their consequences, are peculiarly within the knowledge of the legislature, and to it, and not to the courts, is committed the duty and responsibility of making choice of the possible methods ****** whether the present expenditure serves a public purpose is a practical question addressed to the law-making department, and it would require a plain case of departure from every public purpose which could reasonably be conceived to justify the intervention of a court.” ’
"It is concluded that Chapter 5 of the Act creating the *736 Fund does not violate the Due Process Clause of the Michigan or the United States Constitution.
"Based on the foregoing, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment pursuant to GCR 1963, 117.2(3) and the request for preliminary injunction are denied.
"An order may enter consistent with this opinion.”
Affirmed.
No costs, a public question being involved.