Bill Text: MI HB6095 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; candidates; residency requirement for state senate and state representative candidates; modify. Amends sec. 161 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.161). TIE BAR WITH: HJR VV'16
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-12-06 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/01/2016 [HB6095 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB6095-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6095
December 1, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Driskell, Brinks, Schor, Wittenberg, Hovey-Wright, Lane and Lauren Plawecki and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 161 (MCL 168.161), as amended by 1999 PA 218.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
161. (1) A person shall is
not be eligible to for the
office of state senator or representative unless the person is a
citizen of the United States and a registered and qualified elector
of
the district he or she represents by for at least 60 days before
the
filing deadline, as provided in section 7 of article 4 IV of
the state constitution of 1963.
(2) A person who has been convicted of a violation of section
12a(1)
of 1941 PA 370, MCL 38.412a, shall is not be eligible to
for
the office of state senator or representative for a period of 20
years after conviction.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint Resolution VV
(request no. 03114'15) of the 98th Legislature becomes a part of
the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article
XII of the state constitution of 1963.
