Bill Text: MI HB4066 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; expenditures by candidate committees to defend certain officials in criminal actions; prohibit. Amends sec. 21a of 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.221a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - Printed Bill Filed 01/14/2011 [HB4066 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4066-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4066

 

January 13, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Geiss and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled

 

"Michigan campaign finance act,"

 

by amending section 21a (MCL 169.221a), as added by 1994 PA 411.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 21a. (1) A candidate committee of a candidate who is

 

elected or appointed to an elective office may make an expenditure

 

for an incidental expense for the elective office to which that

 

candidate was elected or appointed. Except as otherwise

 

specifically provided in this act, an expenditure for an incidental

 

expense by a candidate committee pursuant to this section is

 

considered an expenditure under this act.

 

     (2) A candidate committee of a candidate who is elected or

 

appointed to an elective office shall not make an expenditure to

 

defend the elected or appointed official in a criminal action or to

 

pay legal costs related to that criminal action unless the criminal

 

action is related to campaign activity or to the course of carrying

 

out the official duties of the elective office.