HOUSE BILL NO. 5321
November 09, 2023, Introduced by Rep. Kuhn and referred to the Committee on Government
Operations.
A bill to provide for the reduction of the salaries of certain
legislative staffs during certain periods; and to provide for the
powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers
and entities.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 1. As used in this act, "policy-making staff in the
2 legislature" means a policy director or advisor for the majority or
3 minority political party, a budget director or advisor for the
4 majority or minority political party, an employee assigned to a
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1 legislator's office in a policy-making capacity, or any other
2 employee of the legislature other than an individual employed by
3 the state in a clerical or non-policy-making capacity.
4 Sec. 3. Notwithstanding any salary determination under any law
5 to the contrary, in any year that the legislature adjourns a
6 regular session without day before December 1, the salary of each
7 policy-making staff in the legislature must be reduced by 25% for
8 the time between that adjournment and the first day of the next
9 regular session.
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