Mich. Const. art. IV, § 12

Stateofficerscompensationcommission. Sec.12.Thestateofficerscompensationcommissioniscreatedwhichsubjecttothissection shall determine the salaries and expense allowances of the members of the legislature, the governor,thelieutenantgovernor,theattorneygeneral,thesecretaryofstate,andthejustices of the supreme court. The commission shall consist of 7 members appointed by the governor whose qualifications may be determined by law. Subject to the legislature’s ability to amend Art.IV,§12 CONSTITUTION OF MICHIGAN OF 1963 14 the commission’s determinations as provided in this section, the commission shall determine the salaries and expense allowances of the members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the justices of the supreme court which determinations shall be the salaries and expense allowances only if the legislature by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and servingineachhouseofthelegislatureapprovethem.Thesenateandhouseofrepresentatives shallalternateonwhichhouseofthelegislatureshalloriginatetheconcurrentresolution,with thesenateoriginatingthefirstconcurrentresolution. 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 members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the justices of the supreme court with thesenateoriginatingthefirstconcurrentresolution. 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 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 shallnotamendthesalaryandexpensedeterminationstoreducethemtobelowthesalaryand expense level that 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 datethesalaryandexpensedeterminationsaremade.Ifthesalaryandexpensedeterminations are approved or amended as provided in this section, the salary and expense determinations shallbecomeeffectiveforthelegislativesessionimmediatelyfollowingthenextgeneralelection. The commission shall meet each 2 years for no more than 15 session days. The legislature shallimplementthissectionbylaw. History: Const.1963,Art.IV,§12,Eff.Jan.1,1964;—Am.H.J.R.AAA,approvedAug.6,1968,Eff.Sept.21,1968;—Am.H.J.R.E, approvedAug.6,2002,Eff.Sept.21,2002.