October 20, 2009, Introduced by Reps. DeShazor, Lund, Lori, Rick Jones, Agema, Amash, Meekhof, Schuitmaker, Genetski, Knollenberg, Marleau, Meltzer, Pearce, Kowall, Rogers, Ball, Pavlov, Kurtz, Daley, Moore, Proos, Rocca, Haveman, Crawford, Tyler, Opsommer, Stamas, Horn, Wayne Schmidt, Paul Scott, Bolger, Haines, Haugh, Slezak, Tlaib, Dean, Roy Schmidt, Calley, McMillin, Bledsoe, Liss, Kennedy, Booher and Hildenbrand and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 31 of article IV and by
adding section 55 to article IV, to provide that certain state
budget bills be presented to the governor on or before a certain
date and to reduce compensation of state legislators, the governor,
the lieutenant governor, and heads of principal departments when
certain state budget bills are not presented on or before a certain
date.
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 that certain state budget bills be
presented to the governor on or before a certain date and to reduce
compensation of state legislators, the governor, the lieutenant
governor, and heads of principal departments when certain state
budget bills are not presented on or before a certain date, is
proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 31. The general appropriation bills for the succeeding
fiscal period covering items set forth in the budget shall be
passed or rejected in either house of the legislature before that
house passes any appropriation bill for items not in the budget
except bills supplementing appropriations for the current fiscal
year's operation. Any bill requiring an appropriation to carry out
its purpose shall be considered an appropriation bill. One of the
general appropriation bills as passed by the legislature shall
contain an itemized statement of estimated revenue by major source
in each operating fund for the ensuing fiscal period, the total of
which shall not be less than the total of all appropriations made
from each fund in the general appropriation bills as passed. The
legislature shall present all general appropriation bills for the
succeeding two fiscal periods to the governor on or before May 15
of each odd year.
Sec. 55. If the legislature has not presented all general
appropriation bills for the succeeding two fiscal periods to the
governor by the date set forth in section 31 of this article, each
legislator, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each head of
a principal department shall forfeit his or her salary for each day
after that date that all the general appropriation bills have not
been presented. A legislator, the governor, the lieutenant
governor, and each head of a principal department shall not be
retroactively paid or otherwise compensated for any salary
forfeited under 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.