Bill Text: MI HB4276 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Elections; scheduling; February regular election date; eliminate. Amends sec. 963 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.963). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4271'15, HB 4272'15, HB 4273'15, HB 4274'15, HB 4385'15

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-07-14 - Assigned Pa 99'15 With Immediate Effect [HB4276 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4276-Engrossed.html

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HB-4276, As Passed Senate, June 18, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

by amending section 963 (MCL 168.963), as amended by 2012 PA 417.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 963. (1) Within 35 days after the filing of the recall

 

petition, the filing official with whom the recall petition is

 

filed shall make an official declaration of the sufficiency or

 

insufficiency of the recall petition. If the recall petition is

 

determined to be insufficient, the filing official shall notify the

 

person or organization sponsoring the recall of the insufficiency

 

of the recall petition. It is not necessary to give notification

 

unless the person or organization sponsoring the recall files with

 

the filing official a written notice of sponsorship and a mailing

 

address.

 

     (2) If a recall petition is filed under section 960,

 

immediately upon determining that the recall petition is

 

sufficient, but not later than 35 days after the date of filing of

 

the recall petition, the county clerk with whom the recall petition

 

is filed shall call the recall election and proceed under sections

 

971c to 975. The recall election shall be held not less than 95

 

days after the date the recall petition is filed and shall be held

 

on the next May regular election date or the next November regular

 

election date, whichever occurs first.

 

     (3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), if a

 

recall petition is filed under section 959, the filing official

 

with whom the recall petition is filed shall call the recall

 

primary election and proceed under sections 970b to 970g. The

 

recall primary election shall be held on the next regular election

 

date that is not less than 95 days after the date the recall

 

petition is filed.

 

     (4) If a recall petition is filed under section 959 demanding

 

the recall of the governor, the filing official with whom the

 

recall petition is filed shall call a special recall election and

 

proceed under sections 975c to 975g. The special recall election

 

shall be held not less than 95 days after the date the recall

 

petition is filed and shall be held on the next February May

 

regular election date or the next August regular election date,

 

whichever occurs first.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) House Bill No. 4271.

 

     (b) House Bill No. 4272.

 

     (c) House Bill No. 4273.

 

     (d) House Bill No. 4274.

 

     (e) House Bill No. 4385.