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

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Bill Title: Retirement; forfeiture; public employee pension forfeiture for certain offenses; allow. Amends sec. 24, art. IX of the state constitution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-19 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 02/19/2009 [HJRM Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HJRM-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION M

 

February 18, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Meltzer and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by amending section 24 of article IX, to

 

provide for forfeiture of pensions for certain public employees

 

under certain circumstances.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to provide for forfeiture of pensions for

 

certain public employees under certain circumstances, is proposed,

 

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

 

ARTICLE IX

 

     Sec. 24. The accrued financial benefits of each pension plan

 

and retirement system of the state and its political subdivisions

 

shall be a contractual obligation thereof which shall not be

 

diminished or impaired thereby. Nothing in this section shall be

 

construed to forbid forfeiture of the pension of a public employee

 

for any reason provided under the public employee retirement

 

benefits forfeiture act, 1994 PA 350, MCL 38.2701 to 38.2705.

 

     Financial benefits arising on account of service rendered in

 

each fiscal year shall be funded during that year and such funding

 

shall not be used for financing unfunded accrued liabilities.

 

     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.