Bill Text: MI HB5252 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Elections: ballot proposals; secretary of state to post on the department of state's website a summary of each proposed ballot amendment or question and the date the petition is filed for that ballot amendment or question; require. Amends sec. 475 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.475).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-03-23 - Assigned Pa 40'22 With Immediate Effect [HB5252 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB5252-Chaptered.html
Act No. 40
Public Acts of 2022
Approved by the Governor
March 23, 2022
Filed with the Secretary of State
March 23, 2022
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 23, 2022
state of michigan
101st Legislature
Regular session of 2022
Introduced by Rep. Slagh
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5252
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 475 (MCL 168.475), as amended by 1999 PA 219.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 475. (1) Upon the filing of a petition under this chapter, the secretary of state shall immediately notify the board of state canvassers of the filing of the petition. The notification must be by first-class mail. In addition, upon the filing of a petition under this chapter, the secretary of state shall within 2 business days post on the department of state’s website a summary of the proposed amendment or question proposed and the date the petition was filed with the secretary of state. If a summary of the purpose of the proposed amendment or question presented was submitted to and approved by the board of state canvassers under section 482b, that approved summary must be used as the summary posted on the department of state’s website as required under this subsection. At least once every 30 days after the date the petition was filed, the secretary of state shall post on the department of state’s website an update on the status of that petition.
(2) After the day on which a petition under this chapter is filed, the secretary of state shall not accept further filings of that petition to supplement the original filing.
This
act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
