Bill Text: MI HB6218 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Campaign finance; campaign practices; campaign contributions by gubernatorial-appointed officials to the governor that appointed them; prohibit. Amends 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.201 - 169.282) by adding sec. 30a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-08-15 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/12/2018 [HB6218 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6218-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6218

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Cochran, Dianda, Robinson, Cambensy and Green and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled

 

"Michigan campaign finance act,"

 

(MCL 169.201 to 169.282) by adding section 30a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 30a. (1) An individual who has received an appointment

 

from the governor shall not make a contribution to that governor's

 

candidate committee during the remaining time that governor is in

 

office.

 

     (2) A committee shall not knowingly maintain receipt of a

 

contribution from an individual prohibited from making a

 

contribution under subsection (1). A committee is only considered

 

to have knowingly maintained receipt of a contribution prohibited

under subsection (1) and is subject to a penalty for that violation

 

if both of the following circumstances exist:

 

     (a) The secretary of state has, by registered mail, notified

 

the committee that the committee has received a contribution in

 

violation of this section and has specifically identified that

 

contribution.

 

     (b) The committee fails to return the contribution identified

 

under subdivision (a) on or before the thirtieth business day after

 

the date the committee receives the notification described in

 

subdivision (a).