Bill Text: MI HJRF | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; legislators; part-time legislature; reduction of legislator's salaries and reduced compensation for absences from legislative session; provide for. Amends secs. 12 & 13, art. IV & adds sec. 55 to art. IV of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-06 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 02/06/2013 [HJRF Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HJRF-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION F
February 5, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Somerville and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending sections 12 and 13 of article IV,
and by adding section 55 to article IV, to limit the legislative
session, to reduce salaries of members of the legislature, and to
reduce compensation of state legislators who have absences from
legislative session.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to limit the legislative session, to reduce
salaries of members of the legislature, and to reduce compensation
of state legislators who have absences from legislative session, is
proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 12. The state officers compensation commission is created
which subject to this section shall determine the salaries and
expense
allowances of the members of the legislature, the governor,
the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of
state, and the justices of the supreme court. The commission shall
consist of 7 members appointed by the governor whose qualifications
may be determined by law. Subject to the legislature's ability to
amend the commission's determinations as provided in this section,
the commission shall determine the salaries and expense allowances
of
the members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant
governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the
justices of the supreme court which determinations shall be the
salaries and expense allowances only if the legislature by
concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected
to and serving in each house of the legislature approve them. The
senate and house of representatives shall alternate on which house
of the legislature shall originate the concurrent resolution, with
the senate originating the first concurrent resolution.
The concurrent resolution may amend the salary and expense
determinations of the state officers compensation commission to
reduce the salary and expense determinations by the same proportion
for
members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant
governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the
justices of the supreme court. The legislature shall not amend the
salary and expense determinations to reduce them to below the
salary
and expense level that members of the legislature, the
governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the
secretary of state, and the justices of the supreme court receive
on the date the salary and expense determinations are made. If the
salary and expense determinations are approved or amended as
provided in this section, the salary and expense determinations
shall become effective for the legislative session immediately
following the next general election. The commission shall meet each
2 years for no more than 15 session days. The legislature shall
implement this section by law.
Sec. 13. Except when the legislature is called to convene on
extraordinary occasions, the legislature shall only meet as
provided in this section. The legislature shall meet at the seat of
government on the second Wednesday in January of each year at
twelve o'clock noon. Each regular session shall adjourn without
day, on a day determined by concurrent resolution, at twelve
o'clock noon. Any business, bill or joint resolution pending at the
final adjournment of a regular session held in an odd numbered year
shall carry over with the same status to the next regular session.
In 2015 and every year after 2015, the legislature shall meet for
not more than 72 days.
Sec. 55. Beginning in 2015, the base salary of a member of the
legislature is $52,000.00. In addition to a member of the
legislature's base salary, a member of the legislature shall be
paid $170.00 per session day. If a special session of the
legislature is called, a member of the legislature shall be paid
for the additional days at the rate specified in this section. A
member of the legislature who does not attend session on any day
that the legislative body is in session shall not receive
compensation for that day.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.
