Bill Text: MI HJRHHH | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public employees and officers; other; qualifications for elected public officials to hold office; disqualify if convicted of certain offenses. Amends the state constitution by adding sec. 8 to art. XI.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-07-21 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 07/02/2010 [HJRHHH Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HJRHHH-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION HHH

 

July 1, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Mayes and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by adding section 8 to article XI, to

 

disqualify a person who has been convicted of certain felonies from

 

election or appointment to an elective office and from certain

 

public employment in this state.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to disqualify a person who has been convicted

 

of certain felonies from election or appointment to an elective

 

office and from certain public employment in this state, is

 

proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:

 

ARTICLE XI

 

     Sec. 8. A person is ineligible for election or appointment to

 

any state or local elective office of this state and disqualified

 

from holding a position in public employment in this state that is

 

policy-making or that has discretionary authority over public

 

assets if, within the immediately preceding 20 years, the person

 

was convicted of a felony involving dishonesty, deceit, fraud, or a

 

breach of the public trust and the conviction was related to the

 

person's official capacity while the person was holding any

 

elective office or position of employment in local, state, or

 

federal government. This requirement is in addition to any other

 

qualification required under this constitution or by law.

 

     The legislature shall prescribe by law for the implementation

 

of this section.

 

     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.