Bill Text: MI HJRN | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Legislature; legislators; reduced compensation for legislators who have unexcused absence from session; provide for. Amends the state constitution by adding sec. 55 to art. IV.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-03-26 - Referred To Committee On Campaign And Election Oversight [HJRN Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HJRN-Engrossed.html
HJR-N, As Passed House, March 25, 2009
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION N
February 24, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Lisa Brown, Angerer, Meadows, Byrnes, Melton, Byrum, Huckleberry, Robert Jones, Corriveau, Coulouris, Kandrevas, Switalski, Slavens, Slezak, Haase, Haugh, Kennedy, McDowell, Constan, Lindberg, Segal, Miller, Sheltrown, Nerat, Lahti, Gonzales, Spade, Terry Brown, LeBlanc, Leland, Ebli, Liss, Espinoza, Mayes, Tlaib, Roberts, Donigan, Scripps, Stanley, Bledsoe, Geiss, Barnett, Valentine and Bauer and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by adding section 55 to article IV, to reduce
compensation for state legislators who have unexcused absences from
legislative session.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to reduce compensation for legislators who
have unexcused absences from legislative session, is proposed,
agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 55. Any day the legislative body is in session and a
legislator does not attend session, that legislator shall have his
or her salary reduced unless the legislator receives an excused
absence. Any salary reduced under this section shall be credited to
the general fund of this state. The legislature shall implement
this section by appropriate legislation.
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.
