HOUSE BILL No. 4657


     April 22, 1997, Introduced by Reps. McManus, Goschka, Rocca, Jansen, Horton, Bobier, Voorhees, Dobb, McBryde, Raczkowski, Lowe, Birkholz, Green, Cropsey, Jaye and Perricone and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1968 PA 357, entitled

   "An act to prescribe the powers, duties and functions of the
   state officers' compensation commission; and to prescribe the
   powers and duties of the legislature in relation to the
   commission,"

   by amending sections 6 and 7 (MCL 15.216 and 15.217).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 6.  The  SUBJECT TO SECTION 7, THE commission shall

 2    determine the salaries and expense allowance of the governor,

 3    lieutenant governor,  the  ATTORNEY GENERAL, SECRETARY OF STATE,

 4    justices of the supreme court, and  the  members of the

 5    legislature.  and  THE COMMISSION SHALL file its determinations

 6    with the clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of

 7    the senate, and the director of the department of management and

 8    budget after December 1 and before December 31, of each even

 9    numbered year and shall furnish copies to the governor,  the 



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 1    lieutenant governor, ATTORNEY GENERAL, SECRETARY OF STATE,

 2    justices of the supreme court, and members of the legislature.

 3         Sec. 7.  The determinations of the commission shall be

 4    effective  January 1 of the year following their filing and shall

 5     be the compensation and expense allowances of the governor, lieu-

 6     tenant governor, justices of the supreme court and members of the

 7     legislature unless the legislature, by  ONLY UPON THE ADOPTION OF

 8    SEPARATE concurrent  resolution adopted  RESOLUTIONS, 1 EACH FOR

 9    THE EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT,

10    by a  2/3  MAJORITY vote of the members elected to and serving

11     prior to February 1 of the year following the filing of the

12     determinations, rejects either the entire determinations or spe-

13     cific determinations for specific positions.  In case of rejec-

14     tion the existing salary and expense allowances shall prevail

15     retroactive to January 1  IN EACH HOUSE.  BEGINNING IN 1999 AND

16    EVERY 4 YEARS AFTER 1999, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL

17    ORIGINATE THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS AND SHALL VOTE FIRST ON EACH

18    SEPARATE RESOLUTION.  BEGINNING IN 2001 AND EVERY 4 YEARS AFTER

19    2001, THE SENATE SHALL ORIGINATE THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS AND

20    SHALL VOTE FIRST ON EACH SEPARATE RESOLUTION.  THE CONCURRENT

21    RESOLUTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE VOTED UPON BY THE

22    FIRST HOUSE ON OR BEFORE MARCH 1.  THOSE RESOLUTIONS THAT RECEIVE

23    AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE IN THE FIRST HOUSE SHALL BE VOTED UPON BY THE

24    SECOND HOUSE ON OR BEFORE APRIL 1.  IF A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION IS

25    ADOPTED, THEN THOSE DETERMINATIONS SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR THE

26    LEGISLATIVE SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE NEXT GENERAL

27    ELECTION.  IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ARE NOT



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 1    ADOPTED, THE EXISTING SALARY AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES SHALL REMAIN

 2    IN EFFECT.

 3         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

 4    effect unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint

 5    Resolution ____ (request no. 02216'97) of the 89th Legislature

 6    becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 as provided in

 7    section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963.










































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