HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION M


     February 27, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Mortimer, Meyer, Bishop, Middaugh and Ehardt and referred to the Committee on
House Oversight and Operations.


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by amending section 12 of article IV, to pro-

   vide that the state officers compensation commission's determina-

   tion of certain salaries and expense allowances shall not exceed

   the increase in the consumer price index.

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

   state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, to provide that the state officers compensa-

   tion commission's determination of certain salaries and expense

   allowances shall not exceed the increase in the consumer price

   index, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the

   state:








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                                  ARTICLE IV

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           Sec. 12.  The state officers compensation commission is cre-

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      ated which shall determine the salaries and expense allowances of

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      the members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant gov-

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      ernor and the justices of the supreme court.  The commission

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      shall consist of 7 members appointed by the governor.  The com-

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      mission shall determine the salaries and expense allowances of

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      the members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant gov-

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      ernor and the justices of the supreme court which determinations

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      shall be the salaries and expense allowances unless the legisla-

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      ture by concurrent resolution adopted by 2/3 of the members

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      elected to and serving in each house of the legislature reject

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      them.  THE SALARY AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE DETERMINATIONS OF THE

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      STATE OFFICERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION SHALL NOT EXCEED THE

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      EXISTING SALARIES AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES BY MORE THAN THE CHANGE

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      IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE UNITED STATES AS DEFINED AND

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      OFFICIALLY REPORTED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OR

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      ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING 2 CALENDAR

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      YEARS. The commission shall meet each 2 years for no more than 15

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      session days.  The legislature shall implement this section by

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      law.

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           Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be sub-

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      mitted to the people of the state at the next general election in

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      the manner provided by law.









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