 ccrp poll a part time michigan legislature part time michigan legislature poll overview there are currently 46 states that already have parttime legislatures the only 4 states that have a full time legislature are pennsylvania california new york and michigan the state of texas only meets every other year before the 1963 constitution michigan had a parttime legislature prior to 1963 there was one staffer for every four legislators under the new initiative petition proposal the legislature would only meet in one 60day regular session per year lawmaker would be cut from 71000 to 35000 per year currently legislative salaries are 71000 per year salary but when you add in the benefits it is over 100000 the proposal would also limit the total number of staff to 250 for the 148 legislators the drive needs to collect 322609 signatures by july 7 however due to possible invalid signatures the goal is to collect well over 400000 new poll question should michigan voters pass an initiative petition to make the michigan legislature parttime yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link  http wwwclintoncountygoporg content shouldmichiganvoterspassinitiativepetitionmakemich give us your opinion by clicking on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should michigan pass a bill to levy an internet sales tax on purchases from out of state businesses 36 yes tax all internet sales 40 no michigan should not levy a tax on out 20 no michigan should repeal the law that says the tax should be paid voluntarily on your tax return for out of state purchases 4 undecided three comments were made on this poll question comment 1 taxes internet and out of state businesses it would have been helpful to have an additional answer possible that grouped both of the no answers state should not tax out of state businesses and state should repeal requirement that purchases made out of state should be voluntarily reported and paid on income tax otherwise how do you reconcile the two separate answers for no that people are answering did they just mean one of those answers or did they mean both comment 2 sales tax if we can t do simple filing through a federal clearing house let it stand as it is a small retailer in michigan doesn t need to file 50 plus city returns in some states returns and be subject to audit by everyone it s difficult enough to figure out sales tax what foods what drugs in one jurisdiction comment 3 sales tax on internet sales yes if the internet stores have to collect sales tax maybe they will put a store in michigan bass pro stores did that i am sure they are selling many more here now chuck   all emails addresses  