May 31, 2017, Introduced by Senators HERTEL, BIEDA, ANANICH, HOPGOOD, KNEZEK, JOHNSON, GREGORY, YOUNG and CONYERS 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, section
23 of article V, section 18 of article VI, and section 9 of article
VII and adding section 9 to article III, to require an intervening
election before a change to an elected official's compensation
becomes effective.
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 an intervening election before a
change to an elected official's compensation becomes effective, is
proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE III
Sec. 9. A change in compensation for an elected official is
not effective until an election for that elected official's office
has intervened.
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 12. 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. Subject to the legislature's ability to
amend the commission's determinations as provided in this section,
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 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.
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, the salary and expense determinations
shall
become effective for the legislative session term of office
immediately following the next general election for that office.
The commission shall meet each 2 years for no more than 15 session
days. The legislature shall implement this section by law.
ARTICLE V
Sec. 23. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of
state, and attorney general shall each receive the compensation
provided by law in full payment for all services performed and
expenses incurred during his or her term of office. Such
compensation
shall not be changed during the term of office. except
as
otherwise provided in this constitution.
ARTICLE VI
Sec. 18. Salaries of justices of the supreme court, of the
judges of the court of appeals, of the circuit judges within a
circuit, and of the probate judges within a county or district,
shall
be uniform, and may be increased but shall not be decreased
during
a term of office except and only to the extent of a general
salary
reduction in all other branches of government.except as
provided in section 9 of article III.
Each of the judges of the circuit court shall receive an
annual salary as provided by law. In addition to the salary
received from the state, each circuit judge may receive from any
county in which he or she regularly holds court an additional
salary as determined from time to time by the board of supervisors
of the county. In any county where an additional salary is granted,
it shall be paid at the same rate to all circuit judges regularly
holding court therein.
ARTICLE VII
Sec.
9. Boards Except as
provided in section 9 of article III,
boards of supervisors shall have exclusive power to fix the
compensation of county officers not otherwise 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.