Bill Text: MI SJRM | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; other; power of the legislature to disapprove rules and requirements for budget and appropriation bills submitted by the governor; provide for. Amends sec. 37, art. IV & secs. 18 & 19, art. V & adds sec. 2a to art. V of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-09-19 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SJRM Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SJRM-Introduced.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION M
September 19, 2017, Introduced by Senators COLBECK, KOWALL, BRANDENBURG, CASPERSON and ROBERTSON and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 37 of article IV and
sections 18 and 19 of article V and adding section 2a to article V,
to allow the legislature to disapprove certain rules, to provide
requirements for appropriation bills, and to require certain
disclosures of executive departments.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to allow the legislature to disapprove
certain rules, to provide requirements for appropriation bills, and
to require certain disclosures of executive departments, is
proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 37. (1) Before January 1, 2021, the legislature may by
concurrent resolution adopted by a record roll call vote of a
majority of the members elected to and serving in each house
suspend or disapprove a rule. A suspension under this subsection
shall continue no longer than two years.
(2) On or after January 1, 2021, the legislature may by
concurrent resolution adopted by a record roll call vote of the
majority of the members elected to and serving in each house
suspend or disapprove a rule within two years of the promulgation
of that rule. A suspension under this subsection shall continue no
longer than two years after the rule is promulgated.
(3) The legislature may by concurrent resolution empower a
joint committee of the legislature, acting between sessions, to
suspend any rule or regulation promulgated by an administrative
agency subsequent to the adjournment of the last preceding regular
legislative
session. Such A suspension under
this subsection shall
continue no longer than the end of the next regular legislative
session.
(4) A rule disapproved by the legislature under this section
is void.
ARTICLE V
Sec. 2a. (1) Each department shall maintain and provide to the
public a list of core services for which the department is uniquely
responsible, the annual expenditures for those core services, and
the key performance objectives that pertain to the capacity and
quality of those core services.
(2) As used in this section and Section 18 of Article V, "core
service" means an activity that provides measurable value to
beneficiaries such as citizens, businesses, and units of local
government. Core service does not include a work project or capital
purchase associated with a one-time expenditure. A core service of
a department does not include a service that is not unique to the
mission of that department.
Sec. 18. (1) The governor shall submit to the legislature at a
time fixed by law, a budget for the ensuing fiscal period setting
forth in detail, for all operating funds, the proposed expenditures
and estimated revenue of the state, and a budget forecast for the
fiscal period immediately following the ensuing fiscal period that
reflects performance improvements based on previous expenditures.
Proposed expenditures from any fund shall not exceed the estimated
revenue thereof. On the same date, the governor shall submit to the
legislature
general a core service appropriation bills bill for
each department and a separate appropriation bill for services
other than core services for each department to embody the proposed
expenditures and any necessary bill or bills to provide new or
additional revenues to meet proposed expenditures.
(2) The amount of any surplus created or deficit incurred in
any fund during the last preceding fiscal period shall be entered
as an item in the budget and in one of the appropriation bills. The
governor may submit amendments to appropriation bills to be offered
in either house during consideration of the bill by that house, and
shall submit bills to meet deficiencies in current appropriations.
Sec. 19. The governor may disapprove any distinct item or
items
appropriating moneys money
in any appropriation bill. The
part or parts approved, including conditions on spending, shall
become law, and the item or items disapproved shall be void unless
re-passed according to the method prescribed for the passage of
other bills over the executive veto.
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.