HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION O

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution of 1963, by amending section 12 of article IV, to set the salary and expense allowances of legislators.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state constitution of 1963, to set the salary and expense allowances of legislators, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:

ARTICLE IV

Sec. 12. (1) 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 consists of 7 members appointed by the governor whose qualifications may be determined by law.

(2) Subject to the legislature's ability to amend the commission's determinations as provided in this section, subsection (3), 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 The determinations shall be are 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.

(3) 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, subsection and subsection (2), the salary and expense determinations shall become effective for the legislative session immediately following the next general election.

(4) Beginning January 1, 2026, the salary of the members of the legislature is $13.73 per hour. Members of the legislature must only be compensated for the hours that the member is attending session and attending committee as a member of a committee. Each house of the legislature shall keep track of the number of hours each member is to be compensated for during a pay period. This salary may only be changed by an amendment of this section brought under section 2 of article XII. Beginning January 1, 2026, members of the legislature must be reimbursed for mileage for a round trip from the residence of the legislator to Lansing during each session day of the legislature that the member attended. A member of the legislature must be reimbursed at the standard mileage rate authorized each year by the Internal Revenue Service. Members of the legislature are not entitled to any other compensation other than that provided in this subsection.

(5) The commission shall meet each 2 years for no more than 15 session days. The legislature shall implement this section 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.