September 8, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Hoogendyk, Brandenburg, Garfield, Drolet, LaJoy, Milosch, Sheen, Vander Veen, Palmer and Pastor and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
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:
1 ARTICLE IX
2 Sec. 28. The legislature is limited in state spending each
3 year according to either of the following, whichever allows for
4 less spending:
5 (a) No expenses of state government shall be incurred in any
6 fiscal year which exceed the sum of the revenue limit established
7 in Sections 26 and 27 of this Article plus federal aid and any
8 surplus from a previous fiscal year.
1 (b) The maximum annual change in spending in the sum total
2 of all appropriations bills each fiscal year is limited to the
3 increase in the annual inflation rate in the immediately
4 preceding fiscal year plus an adjustment for the percentage
5 change in state population in the immediately preceding calendar
6 year as determined by the annual federal estimates. The federal
7 estimate numbers shall be adjusted every 10 years according to
8 the official federal census. Any revenue collected by the state
9 in excess of the amount allowable to be spent under this
10 subdivision shall be returned to the citizens of this state in a
11 manner as provided by law.
12 Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
13 submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
14 in the manner provided by law.