HOUSE BILL No. 5517

 

December 4, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Horn, Moss, Moolenaar, Moore, Nofs, Calley, David Law, Knollenberg, Ball, Opsommer, Meltzer, Agema, Casperson, Meekhof, Coulouris, Rick Jones, Stahl, Acciavatti, Hoogendyk, Brown and Dean and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to amend 1968 PA 357, entitled

 

"An act to prescribe the powers, duties and functions of the state

officers' compensation commission; and to prescribe the powers and

duties of the legislature in relation to the commission,"

 

by amending sections 3, 6, and 7 (MCL 15.213, 15.216, and 15.217),

 

sections 3 and 6 as amended by 2006 PA 629 and section 7 as amended

 

by 2006 PA 628.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. (1) The In 2008, the commission shall meet for not

 

more than 15 session days before February 29. Beginning in 2009,

 

the commission shall meet for not more than 15 session days

 

beginning after January 31 of every odd numbered year.

 

     (2) Four members of the commission constitute a quorum for

 

conducting the business of the commission. The commission shall not

 

take action or make determinations without a concurrence of a


 

majority of the members appointed and serving on the commission.

 

     (3) The commission shall elect a chairperson from among its

 

members. The state personnel director shall act as the secretary to

 

the commission. The commission may establish subcommittees.

 

     Sec. 6. (1) The Each 2 years as provided in subsection (2),

 

the commission shall determine the salaries salary and expense

 

allowance of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney

 

general, the secretary of state, the justices of the supreme court,

 

and the members of the legislature; and shall file its

 

determinations with the clerk of the house of representatives, the

 

secretary of the senate, and the director of the department of

 

management and budget; on or before June 15 of each odd numbered

 

year and shall furnish copies to the governor, the lieutenant

 

governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the

 

justices of the supreme court, and the members of the legislature.

 

The report may be furnished in an electronic format.

 

     (2) In 2008, the commission shall make and file its

 

determinations on or before February 29. Beginning in 2009, the

 

commission shall make and file its determinations by June 15 of

 

each odd numbered year.

 

     Sec. 7. The determinations of the commission shall be the

 

salaries and expense allowances only if the legislature by

 

concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected

 

to and serving in each house of the legislature approve them. The

 

senate and house of representatives shall alternate on which house

 

of the legislature shall originate the concurrent resolution, with

 

the senate originating the first concurrent resolution in 2009


 

2008. The concurrent resolution may amend the salary and expense

 

determinations of the state officers compensation commission to

 

reduce the salary and expense determinations by the same proportion

 

for the members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant

 

governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the

 

justices of the supreme court. The legislature shall not amend the

 

salary and expense determinations to reduce them to below the

 

salary and expense level that the members of the legislature, the

 

governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the

 

secretary of state, and the justices of the supreme court receive

 

on the date the salary and expense determinations are made. If the

 

salary and expense determinations are approved or amended as

 

provided in this section, the salary and expense determinations

 

shall become effective for the regular legislative session

 

immediately following the next general election.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

 

2, 2008.