2024 Senate Concurrent Resolution 17

Whereas, Pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, Section 12 of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963, the State Officers Compensation Commission is responsible for making determinations regarding 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; and

Whereas, The State Officers Compensation Commission met on May 24, 2023 to determine the salaries and expense allowances 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; and

Whereas, The State Officers Compensation Commission has concluded its proceedings and on May 24, 2023 made its determinations that the Justices of the Supreme Court should receive a 7 percent salary increase in both 2025 and 2026, and recommended that the Justices of the Supreme Court should receive a $10,000 annual expense allowance. The commission recommended that salaries and expense allowances for the members of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State should not be changed; and

Whereas, On June 15, 2023, the Legislature received the determinations of the State Officers Compensation Commission; and

Whereas, The determinations of the State Officers Compensation Commission shall be the salaries and expense allowances only if the Legislature approves them by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house. If the salary and expense determinations are approved, the salary and expense determinations shall become effective for the legislative session immediately following the next general election, which will commence January 1, 2025; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That, pursuant to Article IV, Section 12 of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 and MCL 15.217, we hereby approve the determinations of the State Officers Compensation Commission that the Justices of the Supreme Court receive a 7 percent salary increase in both 2025 and 2026, and that Justices of the Supreme Court receive a $10,000 annual expense allowance. The salaries and expense allowances for the members of the Legislature, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State shall not be changed; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the State Court Administrator and the Director of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget.