Bill Text: MI HB5667 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Elections; voting equipment; selection of electronic voting system to be used in the county; clarify. Amends sec. 4 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.4) & adds sec. 791a.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-31 - Assigned Pa 464'14 With Immediate Effect 2014 Addenda [HB5667 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5667-Enrolled.html
STATE OF MICHIGAN
97TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
Introduced by Reps. Lyons, Cotter, Schor, Haugh, Lane, Pscholka, Hooker and Callton
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5667
AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending section 4 (MCL 168.4), as amended by 2012 PA 523, and by adding section 771a.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 4. As used in this act:
(a) “School board” means the governing body of a school district, including the board of trustees of a community college.
(b) “School board member” means an individual holding the office of school board member under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852, or the office of board of trustees member under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to 389.195. School board member includes a school board member of an intermediate school district if that intermediate school district has adopted sections 615 to 617 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.615 to 380.617.
(c) “School district” means a school district, a local act school district, or an intermediate school district, as those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852, or a community college district under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to 389.195.
(d) “School district election coordinating committee” means 1 of the following:
(i) For a school district whose entire territory lies within a single city or township, a committee composed of the secretary of the school board or his or her designee, the city or township election commission, and the school district election coordinator.
(ii) For a school district that has territory in more than 1 city or township, a committee composed of the secretary of the school board or his or her designee, the school district election coordinator, and the clerk of each city or township in which school district territory is located.
(e) “School district election coordinator” means 1 of the following:
(i) For a school district whose entire territory lies within a single city or township, the city or township clerk.
(ii) For a school district that has territory in more than 1 city or township, the county clerk of the county in which the largest number of registered school district electors reside.
(f) “Special election” means an election to elect an individual to, or nominate an individual for, a partial term in office or to submit a ballot question to the electors.
(g) “Special primary” means a primary called by competent authority for the nomination of candidates to be voted for at a special election.
(h) “Uniform voting system” means the type of voting system that is used at all elections in every election precinct throughout the state.
(i) “Village” is defined in section 9.
Sec. 771a. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the secretary of state shall allow a county clerk, in consultation with the clerk of each city, township, and village located in that county, to determine which electronic voting system will be used in the county as long as the electronic voting system selected meets both of the following criteria:
(a) The electronic voting system is the same type of electronic voting system as the uniform voting system.
(b) The electronic voting system is approved and certified as provided in section 795a.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
