Bill Text: MI HB4687 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Engrossed

Michigan House Bill 4687 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Public employees and officers: ethics; former members of the legislature; prohibit from engaging in certain lobbying activities for a period of time. Amends sec. 6a of 1978 PA 472 (MCL 4.416a).

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-06-10 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [HB4687 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2021-HB4687-Engrossed.html

Substitute For

HOUSE BILL NO. 4687

A bill to amend 1978 PA 472, entitled

"An act to regulate political activity; to regulate lobbyists, lobbyist agents, and lobbying activities; to require registration of lobbyists and lobbyist agents; to require the filing of reports; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of state; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"

by amending section 6a (MCL 4.416a), as added by 1994 PA 383.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 6a. (1) A member of the Michigan senate or house of representatives who resigns from office before January 1, 2023 shall not make expenditures for or receive compensation or reimbursement for actual expenses for lobbying for the remainder of the term of office from which the person resigned.

(2) For 2 years after leaving or resigning from office, a former member of the Michigan senate or house of representatives shall not make expenditures for or receive compensation or reimbursement for actual expenses for lobbying that equal or exceed the limit established to require registration as a lobbyist agent. This subsection applies to a member whose term of office begins on or after January 1, 2023.

(3) (2) A person An individual who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.