May 17, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Howrylak, Runestad, Hooker, Howell, Glenn, Somerville, Goike, Chatfield, Leutheuser and Forlini and referred to the Committee on Financial Liability Reform.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 28 of article IX, to
further limit state spending.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to further limit state spending, is proposed,
agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IX
Sec. 28. The legislature is limited in state spending each
year according to either of the following, whichever allows for
less spending:
(a) No expenses of state government shall be incurred in any
fiscal year which exceed the sum of the revenue limit established
in Sections 26 and 27 of this Article plus federal aid and any
surplus from a previous fiscal year.
(b) The maximum annual change in spending in the sum total of
all appropriations bills each fiscal year is limited to the
increase in the annual inflation rate in the immediately preceding
fiscal year plus an adjustment for the percentage change in state
population in the immediately preceding calendar year as determined
by the annual federal estimates. The federal estimate numbers shall
be adjusted every 10 years according to the official federal
census. Any revenue collected by the state in excess of the amount
allowable to be spent under this subdivision shall be returned to
the citizens of this state in a manner as provided 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.