Bill Text: MI HB4285 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Elections: filing fees; candidate filing fee in lieu of nominating petitions for township offices; make nonrefundable. Amends sec. 349 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.349).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-12-15 - Assigned Pa 147'21 With Immediate Effect [HB4285 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4285-Chaptered.html
Act No. 147
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. Bollin, Sabo, Koleszar, O’Neal, Calley and Hertel
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4285
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 349 (MCL 168.349), as amended by 2018 PA 654.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 349. (1) To obtain the printing of the name of an individual as a candidate for nomination by a political party for a township office under the particular party heading upon the official primary ballots, there must be filed with the township clerk nominating petitions signed by a number of qualified and registered electors residing within the township as determined under section 544f. Nominating petitions must be in the form prescribed in section 544c. The township clerk shall receive nominating petitions up to 4 p.m. of the fifteenth Tuesday before the August primary.
(2) To obtain the printing of the name of a candidate of a political party under the particular party’s heading upon the primary election ballots in the various voting precincts of the township, there may be filed by the candidate, in lieu of filing nominating petitions, a nonrefundable filing fee of $100.00 to be paid to the township clerk. Payment of the fee and certification of the candidate’s name 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 township and must be used only for the purchase and maintenance of voting equipment.
(3) Within 4 days after the last day for filing nominating petitions or a filing fee, the township clerk shall deliver to the county clerk a list setting forth the name, address, and political affiliation and office sought of each candidate who has qualified for a position on the primary ballot.
This
act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
