Michigan Compiled Laws Constitution-iv Article IV Legislative Branch (Article IV § 1...§ 54)

• Article IV § 1 Legislative Power.
  The legislative power of the State of Michigan is vested in a senate and a house of representatives. History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, §...
• Article IV § 2 Senators, Number, Term.
  The senate shall consist of 38 members to be elected from single member districts at the same election as the governor for four-year terms...
• Article IV § 3 Representatives, Number, Term; Contiguity Of Districts.
  The house of representatives shall consist of 110 members elected for two-year terms from single member districts apportioned on a basis of population as...
• Article IV § 4 Annexation Or Merger With A City.
  In counties having more than one representative or senatorial district, the territory in the same county annexed to or merged with a city between...
• Article IV § 5 Island Areas, Contiguity.
  Island areas are considered to be contiguous by land to the county of which they are a part. History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, §...
• Article IV § 6 Commission On Legislative Apportionment.
  A commission on legislative apportionment is hereby established consisting of eight electors, four of whom shall be selected by the state organizations of each...
• Article IV § 7 Legislators; Qualifications, Removal From District.
  Each senator and representative must be a citizen of the United States, at least 21 years of age, and an elector of the district...
• Article IV § 8 Ineligibility Of Government Officers And Employees.
  No person holding any office, employment or position under the United States or this state or a political subdivision thereof, except notaries public and...
• Article IV § 9 Civil Appointments, Ineligibility Of Legislators.
  No person elected to the legislature shall receive any civil appointment within this state from the governor, except notaries public, from the legislature, or...
• Article IV § 10 Legislators And State Officers, Government Contracts, Conflict Of Interest.
  No member of the legislature nor any state officer shall be interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the state or any political...
• Article IV § 11 Legislators Privileged From Civil Arrest And Civil Process; Limitation; Questioning For Speech In Either House Prohibited.
  Except as provided by law, senators and representatives shall be privileged from civil arrest and civil process during sessions of the legislature and for...
• Article IV § 12 State Officers Compensation Commission.
  The state officers compensation commission is created which subject to this section shall determine the salaries and expense allowances of the members of the...
• Article IV § 13 Legislature; Time Of Convening, Sine Die Adjournment, Measures Carried Over.
  The legislature shall meet at the seat of government on the second Wednesday in January of each year at twelve o'clock noon. Each regular...
• Article IV § 14 Quorum; Powers Of Less Than Quorum.
  A majority of the members elected to and serving in each house shall constitute a quorum to do business. A smaller number in each...
• Article IV § 15 Legislative Council.
  There shall be a bi-partisan legislative council consisting of legislators appointed in the manner prescribed by law. The legislature shall appropriate funds for the...
• Article IV § 16 Legislature; Officers, Rules Of Procedure, Expulsion Of Members.
  Each house, except as otherwise provided in this constitution, shall choose its own officers and determine the rules of its proceedings, but shall not...
• Article IV § 17 Committees; Record Of Votes, Public Inspection, Notice Of Hearings.
  Each house of the legislature may establish the committees necessary for the efficient conduct of its business and the legislature may create joint committees....
• Article IV § 18 Journal Of Proceedings; Record Of Votes, Dissents.
  Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same unless the public security otherwise requires. The record of the vote...
• Article IV § 19 Record Of Votes On Elections And Advice And Consent.
  All elections in either house or in joint convention and all votes on appointments submitted to the senate for advice and consent shall be...
• Article IV § 20 Open Meetings.
  The doors of each house shall be open unless the public security otherwise requires. History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 20, Eff. Jan. 1,...
• Article IV § 21 Adjournments, Limitations.
  Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two intervening calendar days, nor to any place other than where...
• Article IV § 22 Bills.
  All legislation shall be by bill and may originate in either house. History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 22, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 Former...
• Article IV § 23 Style Of Laws.
  The style of the laws shall be: The People of the State of Michigan enact. History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 23, Eff. Jan....
• Article IV § 24 Laws; Object, Title, Amendments Changing Purpose.
  No law shall embrace more than one object, which shall be expressed in its title. No bill shall be altered or amended on its...
• Article IV § 25 Revision And Amendment Of Laws; Title References, Publication Of Entire Sections.
  No law shall be revised, altered or amended by reference to its title only. The section or sections of the act altered or amended...
• Article IV § 26 Bills; Printing, Possession, Reading, Vote On Passage.
  No bill shall be passed or become a law at any regular session of the legislature until it has been printed or reproduced and...
• Article IV § 27 Laws, Effective Date.
  No act shall take effect until the expiration of 90 days from the end of the session at which it was passed, but the...
• Article IV § 28 Bills, Subjects At Special Session.
  When the legislature is convened on extraordinary occasions in special session no bill shall be passed on any subjects other than those expressly stated...
• Article IV § 29 Local Or Special Acts.
  The legislature shall pass no local or special act in any case where a general act can be made applicable, and whether a general...
• Article IV § 30 Appropriations; Local Or Private Purposes.
  The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house of the legislature shall be required for the appropriation of...
• Article IV § 31 General Appropriation Bills; Priority, Statement Of Estimated Revenue.
  The general appropriation bills for the succeeding fiscal period covering items set forth in the budget shall be passed or rejected in either house...
• Article IV § 32 Laws Imposing Taxes.
  Every law which imposes, continues or revives a tax shall distinctly state the tax. History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 32, Eff. Jan. 1,...
• Article IV § 33 Bills Passed; Approval By Governor Or Veto, Reconsideration By Legislature.
  Every bill passed by the legislature shall be presented to the governor before it becomes law, and the governor shall have 14 days measured...
• Article IV § 34 Bills, Referendum.
  Any bill passed by the legislature and approved by the governor, except a bill appropriating money, may provide that it will not become law...
• Article IV § 35 Publication And Distribution Of Laws And Judicial Decisions.
  All laws enacted at any session of the legislature shall be published in book form within 60 days after final adjournment of the session,...
• Article IV § 36 General Revision Of Laws; Compilation Of Laws.
  No general revision of the laws shall be made. The legislature may provide for a compilation of the laws in force, arranged without alteration,...
• Article IV § 37 Administrative Rules, Suspension By Legislative Committee.
  The legislature may by concurrent resolution empower a joint committee of the legislature, acting between sessions, to suspend any rule or regulation promulgated by...
• Article IV § 38 Vacancies In Office.
  The legislature may provide by law the cases in which any office shall be vacant and the manner of filling vacancies where no provision...
• Article IV § 39 Continuity Of Government In Emergencies.
  In order to insure continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency only, resulting from disasters occurring in this state caused...
• Article IV § 40 Alcoholic Beverages; Age Requirement; Liquor Control Commission; Excise Tax; Local Option.
  A person shall not sell or give any alcoholic beverage to any person who has not reached the age of 21 years. A person...
• Article IV § 41 Lotteries.
  The legislature may authorize lotteries and permit the sale of lottery tickets in the manner provided by law. No law enacted after January 1,...
• Article IV § 42 Ports And Port Districts; Incorporation, Internal.
  The legislature may provide for the incorporation of ports and port districts, and confer power and authority upon them to engage in work of...
• Article IV § 43 Bank And Trust Company Laws.
  No general law providing for the incorporation of trust companies or corporations for banking purposes, or regulating the business thereof, shall be enacted, amended...
• Article IV § 44 Trial By Jury In Civil Cases.
  The legislature may authorize a trial by a jury of less than 12 jurors in civil cases. History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 44,...
• Article IV § 45 Indeterminate Sentences.
  The legislature may provide for indeterminate sentences as punishment for crime and for the detention and release of persons imprisoned or detained under such...
• Article IV § 46 Death Penalty.
  No law shall be enacted providing for the penalty of death. History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 46, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
• Article IV § 47 Chaplains In State Institutions.
  The legislature may authorize the employment of chaplains in state institutions of detention or confinement. History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 47, Eff. Jan....
• Article IV § 48 Disputes Concerning Public Employees.
  The legislature may enact laws providing for the resolution of disputes concerning public employees, except those in the state classified civil service. History: Const....
• Article IV § 49 Hours And Conditions Of Employment.
  The legislature may enact laws relative to the hours and conditions of employment. History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 49, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964...
• Article IV § 50 Atomic And New Forms Of Energy.
  The legislature may provide safety measures and regulate the use of atomic energy and forms of energy developed in the future, having in view...
• Article IV § 51 Public Health And General Welfare.
  The public health and general welfare of the people of the state are hereby declared to be matters of primary public concern. The legislature...
• Article IV § 52 Natural Resources; Conservation, Pollution, Impairment, Destruction.
  The conservation and development of the natural resources of the state are hereby declared to be of paramount public concern in the interest of...
• Article IV § 53 Auditor General; Appointment, Qualifications, Term, Removal, Post Audits.
  The legislature by a majority vote of the members elected to and serving in each house, shall appoint an auditor general, who shall be...
• Article IV § 54 Limitations On Terms Of Office Of State Legislators.
  No person shall be elected to the office of state representative more than three times. No person shall be elected to the office of...

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