Bill Text: MI HB4282 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Elections: filing fees; candidate filing fee in lieu of nominating petitions for the office of state senator or state representative; make nonrefundable. Amends sec. 163 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.163).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-12-15 - Assigned Pa 144'21 With Immediate Effect [HB4282 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4282-Chaptered.html
Act No. 144
Public Acts of 2021
Approved by the Governor
December 23, 2021
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 27, 2021
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 2021
state of michigan
101st Legislature
Regular session of 2021
Introduced by Reps. Calley, Bollin, Sabo, Koleszar, O’Neal and Hertel
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4282
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 163 (MCL 168.163), as amended by 2012 PA 276.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 163. (1) To obtain the printing of the name of an individual as a candidate for nomination by a political party for the office of state senator or representative under a particular party heading upon the official primary ballots in the various election precincts of a district, there must be filed nominating petitions signed by a number of qualified and registered electors residing in the district as determined under section 544f. If the district comprises more than 1 county, the nominating petitions must be filed with the secretary of state. If the district comprises 1 county or less, the nominating petitions must be filed with the county clerk of that county. Nominating petitions must be in the form prescribed in section 544c. The secretary of state and the various county clerks shall receive nominating petitions for filing in accordance with this act up to 4 p.m. of the fifteenth Tuesday before the August primary.
(2) In lieu of filing a nominating petition, a nonrefundable filing fee of $100.00 may be paid to the county clerk or, for a candidate in a district comprising more than 1 county, to the secretary of state. Payment of the fee and certification of the name of the candidate paying the fee are governed by the same provisions as in the case of nominating petitions. The fee must be deposited in the general fund of the candidate’s county of residence and must be used only for the purchase and maintenance of voting equipment.
This
act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
