Bill Text: MI HJREEE | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; legislators; term limits; revise to combination of 14 years' total legislative service and require certain budget bills to be presented and signed by a certain date. Amends secs. 31 & 54, art. IV & adds sec. 55 to art. IV of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-10 - Referred To Second Reading [HJREEE Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HJREEE-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION EEE
May 4, 2010, Introduced by Rep. LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending sections 31 and 54 of article IV
and by adding section 55 to article IV, to modify term limits for
certain elected state offices, to provide that certain state budget
bills be presented to and signed by the governor on or before a
certain date, and to reduce compensation of state legislators, the
governor, and the lieutenant governor when certain state budget
bills are not presented to and signed by the governor 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 modify term limits for certain elected
state offices, to provide that certain state budget bills be
presented to and signed by the governor on or before a certain
date, and to reduce compensation of state legislators, the
governor, and the lieutenant governor when certain state budget
bills are not presented to and signed by the governor on or before
a certain date, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people
of the state:
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
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 to the governor and the governor shall
sign all general appropriation bills for the succeeding fiscal
period on or before July 1 of each year.
Sec.
54. No person shall be elected to the office of serve as
a state representative more than three times. No
person shall be
elected
to the office of state senate more than two times or state
senator for a combined total of more than 14 years. Any person
appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in the house of
representatives
or the state senate for a period greater than one
half
of a term of such office, who
holds office for one day or more
within
a calendar year shall be considered to
have been elected to
serve
one time in that office served
the entire calendar year for
purposes
of this section. This limitation on the number of times
years a person shall be elected to may serve in office shall apply
to terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 1993. A person
is not eligible to serve as a state representative or state senator
unless that person is eligible to serve the entire term of that
office under this section.
This section shall be self-executing. Legislation may be
enacted to facilitate operation of this section, but no law shall
limit or restrict the application of this section. If any part of
this section is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the
remaining parts of this section shall not be affected but will
remain in full force and effect.
Sec. 55. If the legislature has not presented all general
appropriation bills for the succeeding fiscal period to the
governor by the date set forth in section 31 of this article, each
legislator shall forfeit his or her salary for each day after that
date that all the general appropriation bills have not been
presented. If the governor has not signed all general appropriation
bills for the succeeding fiscal period by the date set forth in
section 31 of this article, the governor and lieutenant governor
shall forfeit his or her salary for each day after that date that
all the general appropriation bills have not been signed.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at a special election to be
held at the same time as the 2010 August regular election in the
manner provided by law.
