Bill Text: MI HJRK | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; legislators; reduction of legislators' salary if state unemployment rate exceeds certain amount; provide for. Amends sec. 12, art. IV of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-18 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 02/18/2009 [HJRK Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HJRK-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION K
February 17, 2009, Introduced by Rep. McMillin and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 12 of article IV, to
reduce compensation for state legislators when the state
unemployment rate exceeds a certain amount.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to reduce compensation for state legislators
when the state unemployment rate exceeds a certain amount, 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 this section and 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. Beginning in 2011, the salary of a
legislator shall be $3,063.46 every 2 weeks. If the average
unemployment rate in this state for the first 10 months of a
calendar year is higher than the average national unemployment rate
for that same period, a legislator shall not receive any
compensation for the last 2 weeks of that calendar year. If the
average unemployment rate in this state for the first 10 months of
a calendar year is higher than 90% of the other states'
unemployment rates for that same period, a legislator shall not
receive any compensation for the last 4 weeks of that calendar
year.
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.
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.
