Bill Text: MI HCR0003 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: A concurrent resolution to request the State Officers' Compensation Commission to recommend a 10 percent reduction in salaries of the members of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State the next time the commission meets and to urge the commission to ensure that none of its future recommendations exceed the average increase in state employee pay.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2009-02-05 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations And Reform [HCR0003 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HCR0003-Engrossed.html
Reps. Haase, Robert Jones, Polidori, Liss, Haugh, Terry Brown, Lisa Brown, Segal, Valentine, Roberts, Barnett, Kennedy, Miller, Bauer, Slavens, Angerer, Ebli, Elsenheimer, Bolger, Scripps, Agema, Ball, Bledsoe, Booher, Byrnes, Byrum, Calley, Caul, Clemente, Constan, Corriveau, Coulouris, Crawford, Daley, Dean, Denby, DeShazor, Dillon, Donigan, Espinoza, Gonzales, Haines, Hammel, Hansen, Haveman, Hildenbrand, Horn, Huckleberry, Rick Jones, Kandrevas, Knollenberg, Kowall, Kurtz, Lahti, LeBlanc, Leland, Lemmons, Lipton, Lori, Lund, Marleau, Mayes, McDowell, McMillin, Meadows, Meekhof, Melton, Moore, Moss, Neumann, Opsommer, Pavlov, Pearce, Proos, Rocca, Rogers, Roy Schmidt, Wayne Schmidt, Schuitmaker, Bettie Scott, Paul Scott, Sheltrown, Simpson, Slezak, Spade, Stamas, Switalski, Tlaib, Tyler and Walsh offered the following concurrent resolution:
House Concurrent Resolution No. 3.
A concurrent resolution to request the State Officers' Compensation Commission to recommend a 10 percent reduction in salaries of the members of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State the next time the commission meets and to urge the commission to ensure that none of its future recommendations exceed the average increase in state employee pay.
Whereas, Our state's continuing economic struggles emphasize the need to make sacrifices for our future economic and fiscal health. All avenues to encourage that fiscal policies and decisions reflect this need for prudence must be pursued; and
Whereas, Article IV, Section 12 of the State Constitution of 1963 provides for the State Officers' Compensation Commission. This commission determines the salaries and expense allowances of certain elected state officers, including the members of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State. Pursuant to state statutes amended to conform to 2002 changes in the constitutional provisions regarding the commission, the State Officers' Compensation Commission will next meet in 2009; and
Whereas, It is important for all possible mechanisms to be put in place to avoid unnecessary spending. Reducing the salaries of the state's highest elected officers and restraining spending increases can help safeguard the public's interests at an important time in our state's history. Establishing a ceiling for the recommendations that the State Officers' Compensation Commission can make, by making sure future recommendations cannot exceed the average increase in state employee pay, is an appropriate and long-overdue step to take. These moves can enable other reforms in policy to take root; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That we request the State Officers' Compensation Commission to recommend a 10 percent reduction in salaries of the members of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State the next time the commission meets and to urge the commission to ensure that none of its future recommendations exceed the average increase in state employee pay; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the State Officers' Compensation Commission.
