April 20, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Lund, Stamas, McMillin, Moss, Agema and Genetski and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 26 of article IV, to
require certain bills to be subject to a vote of the people before
becoming law.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to require certain bills to be subject to a
vote of the people before becoming law, is proposed, agreed to, and
submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 26. No bill shall be passed or become a law at any
regular session of the legislature until it has been printed or
reproduced and in the possession of each house for at least five
days. Every bill shall be read three times in each house before the
final passage thereof. No bill shall become a law without the
concurrence of a majority of the members elected to and serving in
each house. On the final passage of bills, the votes and names of
the members voting thereon shall be entered in the journal. No bill
that imposes a new tax or increases an existing tax shall become
law unless it is submitted to and approved by the people of this
state at a general election or at a special election called for
that purpose.
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.