Proposal No. 2

Article IV

Sec. 12: The state officers compensation commission is created which shall determine the compensation salaries and expense allowances of the members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor and the justices of the supreme court shall be determined by law. Changes in compensation or expense allowances shall become effective only when legislators commence their terms of office after a general election. The commission shall consist of 7 members appointed by the governor. The commission shall determine the salaries and expense allowances of the members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor and the justices of the supreme court which determinations shall be the salaries and expense allowances unless the legislature by concurrent resolution adopted by 2⁄3 of the members elected to and serving in each house of the legislature reject them. The commission shall meet each 2 years for no more than 15 session days. The legislature shall implement this section by law.

Sources

• Michigan Manual, 1969-1970, p. 479 (HathiTrust)
• Michigan Manual, 2021-2022, p. 98 (PDF, Legislative Service Bureau)
• Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1968, pp. 706–707 (HathiTrust)
• Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1968, p. 710 (HathiTrust)