Bill Text: MI HB4749 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Elections; candidates; candidate filing fee in lieu of nominating petitions for the office of county road commissioner; increase, and make nonrefundable. Amends sec. 254 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.254). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4745'17, HB 4746'17, HB 4747'17, HB 4748'17, HB 4750'17
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-05 - Referred To Committee On Elections And Government Reform [HB4749 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4749-Engrossed.html
HB-4749, As Passed House, May 30, 2018
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4749
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 254 (MCL 168.254), as amended by 2018 PA 120.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 254. (1) To obtain the printing of the name of a person
as a candidate for nomination by a political party for the office
of county road commissioner under a particular party heading upon
the official primary ballots, there must be filed with the county
clerk of the county nominating petitions signed by a number of
qualified and registered electors residing within the county as
determined under section 544f. Nominating petitions must be in the
form prescribed in section 544c. The county clerk shall receive
nominating petitions up to 4 p.m. of the fifteenth Tuesday before
the August primary in which county road commissioners are to be
elected.
(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
county, there may be filed by each candidate, in lieu of filing
nominating petitions, a nonrefundable filing fee of $100.00 to be
paid to the county clerk. 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 county. and must be returned
to
all candidates who are nominated and to an equal number of
candidates
who received the next highest number of votes in the
primary
election. If 2 or more candidates tie in having the lowest
number
of votes allowing a refund, the sum of $100.00 must be
divided
among them. The deposits of all other defeated candidates,
as
well as the deposits of candidates who withdraw or are
disqualified,
are forfeited and the candidates must be notified of
the
forfeitures. Deposits forfeited under this section must be paid
into
and credited to the general fund of the county.
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 99th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 4745.
(b) House Bill No. 4747.
(c) House Bill No. 4748.
(d) House Bill No. 4750.
(e) House Bill No. 4809.
(f) House Bill No. 4810.
