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The Wayne County Commission cleared the way Thursday for the Detroit Institute of Arts to ask voters to approve a property tax measure to help fund the struggling institution.

The commission overwhelmingly approved a measure to create a nine-member art authority whose job is to write the proposal and set a date as early as the August primary. The museum is seeking 0.2 mill in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, the equivalent of $20 on a home worth $200,000.