 part legislature petitions   as most of you already know there is a initiative petition drive to put on the ballot this year for the voters to decide if they want to make the michigan legislature parttime instead of full time 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 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 lawmakers 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 if you would like to sign or circulate a petition and you live in clinton county please call sheri harte willis at 5172816212 or email her at shwillis1959 gmailcom   clinton county 2013g  