Bill Text: MI HB5346 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Campaign finance; campaign practices; taxpayer-funded advertisements; require certain candidates to reimburse the state and local units of government. Amends 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.201 - 169.282) by adding sec. 58.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-07 - Printed Bill Filed 02/03/2012 [HB5346 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5346-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5346

 

February 2, 2012, Introduced by Rep. McMillin and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled

 

"Michigan campaign finance act,"

 

(MCL 169.201 to 169.282) by adding section 58.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 58. (1) Subject to subsection (3), an individual who

 

seeks election or reelection to an elective office shall not have

 

appeared in a state-funded or locally funded commercial within 6

 

months before seeking election or reelection.

 

     (2) An individual appearing in a state-funded or locally

 

funded commercial shall sign a sworn statement that he or she will

 

not seek election to an elective office within 6 months after the

 

production and dissemination of the state-funded or locally funded

 

commercial.

 

     (3) If an individual who has appeared in a state-funded or

 

locally funded commercial seeks election or reelection to an

 

elective office within 6 months after the production and

 

dissemination of the state-funded or locally funded commercial, he

 

or she shall reimburse this state or a local unit of government for

 

the production and dissemination costs for that commercial.

 

Production and dissemination costs include airtime for a television

 

or radio commercial. The production and dissemination costs may be

 

paid by the candidate or by the candidate's committee.

 

     (4) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Locally funded commercial" means a local unit of

 

government's public service announcement, a commercial provided by

 

a contracted agent with a local unit of government's money, or a

 

written advertisement paid for with a local unit of government's

 

money that contains the image, voice, name, or other identifying

 

information of an individual.

 

     (b) "Local unit of government" means a county, city, village,

 

or township.

 

     (c) "State-funded commercial" means a state public service

 

announcement, a commercial produced by a state contracted agent

 

with state money, or a written advertisement paid for with state

 

money that contains the image, voice, name, or other identifying

 

information of an individual.