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LANSING, MI (MPRN) A commission has recommended salary increases of 2 percent a year for the governor, legislators and other state elected officials.
The State Officers Compensation Commission adopted the proposal Friday. The increases would take effect in 2023 and 2024, after next year’s elections.
But it’s not a done deal. An amendment to the Michigan Constitution requires the Legislature to ratify the recommendation. And that hasn’t happened in a while.
Commissioner Robert Emerson is a former legislator and state budget director. He said it’s the commission’s job to come up with an appropriate compensation recommendation and leave the rest to the political process.
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A commission has recommended salary increases of 2% a year for the governor, legislators and other state elected officials.
The State Officers Compensation Commission adopted the proposal Friday. The increases would take effect in 2023 and 2024, after next year’s elections.
But it’s not a done deal. An amendment to the Michigan Constitution requires the Legislature to ratify the recommendation. And that hasn’t happened in a while.
Commissioner Robert Emerson is a former legislator and state budget director. He said it’s the commission’s job to come up with an appropriate compensation recommendation and leave the rest to the political process.
LANSING A state compensation commission recommended raises for Michigan s top elected officials.
The State Officers Compensation Commission voted Friday to increase the base salaries for Michigan s governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, legislators and supreme court justices by 2% in 2023 and again in 2024. The commission determines salaries and expense allowances for those jobs.
Its recommendation, which passed 5-1 with Phyllis Browne in opposition and Gerald Hildebrand absent, must be approved by a majority of both the state house and senate.
Most statewide elected officeholders haven t had a raise since 2002, when they received double-digit bumps. Voters later passed a ballot amendment that made it harder to raise wages for those jobs. Now, both sides of the legislature must approve recommended pay changes.