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State Officers Compensation Commission
Established under Article IV, Section 12 of the Michigan Constitution, the State Officers Compensation Commission (SOCC) determines the salaries and expense allowances of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Legislator, Justices of the Supreme Court, Attorney General and the Secretary of State.
The following is a summary of constitutional and legislative provisions regarding the SOCC process:
- The SOCC shall meet not more than fifteen session days after January 31st of every odd-numbered year.
- The SOCC shall file its determinations with the Clerk of the House, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Director of the Department of Management and Budget on or before June 15th of every odd-numbered year.
- SOCC determinations shall be the salaries and expense allowances only if the legislature, by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority in each house, approves them.
- The house and senate must alternate on which body will initiate the resolution on SOCC determinations, with the senate originating the first time in 2009, followed by the house in 2011.
- The concurrent resolution may amend the SOCC determinations to reduce the salary and expense allowance by the same proportion for all offices.
- The legislature may not reduce salary or expense determinations to below the amounts in place when the determinations are made.
- Once approved by the legislature, the salaries and expense allowances become effective for the legislative session immediately following the next general election [i.e., January, 2015].
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