September 9, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Gamrat 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
limit state spending from federal sources.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to limit state spending from federal sources,
is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IX
Sec. 28. 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. Beginning for the
2017-2018 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the
legislature shall not pass general appropriation bills unless those
general appropriation bills reduce state spending from federal
sources by 2% or more for each department from the immediately
preceding fiscal year until the total of all state spending from
federal sources is less than 25% of the state budget.
Once the total of all state spending from federal sources is less
than 25% of the state budget, the legislature shall not pass
general appropriation bills for a fiscal year unless those general
appropriation bills have state spending from federal sources less
than 25%.
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.