HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION FF

 

 

February 13, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Johnson 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 set

 

the salary of legislators.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to set the salary of legislators, is

 

proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:

 

ARTICLE IV

 

     Sec. 12. (1) 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.

 

     (2) Subject to the legislature's ability to amend the

 

commission's determinations as provided in this section, subsection

 

(3), 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 The 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.

 

     (3) 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, subsection and subsection (2), 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.

 

     (4) Beginning January 1, 2019, the salary of the members of

 

the legislature will be the average wage. The commission shall

 

determine the average wage and the expense allowances for the

 

members of the legislature. As used in this subsection, "average

 

wage" means the average wage for a resident of this state during

 

the year immediately preceding a legislative session, computed from

 

wage data published by the department of technology, management,

 

and budget.

 

     (5) The commission shall meet each 2 years for no more than 15

 

session days to make determinations required by this section.

 

     (6) 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.