April 21, 2010, Introduced by Senators PATTERSON, KUIPERS, BROWN, RICHARDVILLE and GILBERT and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 28 of article IX, to
further limit state spending.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to further limit state spending, is proposed,
agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IX
Sec. 28. The legislature is limited in state spending each
year according to either of the following, whichever allows for
less spending:
(a) No expenses of state government shall be incurred in any
fiscal year which exceed the sum of the revenue limit established
in Sections 26 and 27 of this Article plus federal aid and any
surplus from a previous fiscal year.
(b) The maximum annual change in spending in the sum total of
all appropriations bills enacted into law each fiscal year is
limited to the increase in the general price level in the
immediately preceding fiscal year plus an adjustment for the
percentage change in state population in the immediately preceding
calendar year as determined by the annual federal mid-year
population estimate. Any revenue collected by the state in excess
of the amount allowable to be spent under this subdivision shall be
returned to the citizens of this state in a manner as provided by
law.
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.