Bill Text: MI HB5517 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; use of campaign funds for criminal defense or legal fees; prohibit by certain elected officials. Amends sec. 21a of 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.221a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-10-15 - Printed Bill Filed 10/15/2009 [HB5517 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5517-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5517
October 14, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Paul Scott and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled
"Michigan campaign finance act,"
by amending section 21a (MCL 169.221a), as added by 1994 PA 411.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 21a. (1) A candidate committee of a candidate who is
elected or appointed to an elective office may make an expenditure
for an incidental expense for the elective office to which that
candidate was elected or appointed. Except as otherwise
specifically provided in this act, an expenditure for an incidental
expense by a candidate committee pursuant to this section is
considered an expenditure under this act.
(2) A candidate committee of a candidate who is elected or
appointed to an elective office shall not make an expenditure to
defend the elected or appointed official in a criminal action or to
pay any legal costs.