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

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Bill Title: Elections; candidates; candidate eligibility; modify to require any outstanding campaign statement, report, fee, or fine be filed or paid. Amends the state constitution by adding sec. 9 to art. XI.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-09-06 - Joint Resolution Electronically Reproduced 09/05/2018 [HJRMM Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HJRMM-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION MM

 

 

September 5, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Lucido and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by adding section 9 to article XI, to require

 

individuals to file or pay any outstanding campaign statement,

 

report, fee, or fine before being eligible to be a candidate for

 

state or local elective office.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to require individuals to file or pay any

 

outstanding campaign statement, report, fee, or fine before being

 

eligible to be a candidate for state or local elective office, is

 

proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:

 

ARTICLE XI

 

     Sec. 9. An individual is ineligible for election or reelection

 

to any state elective office or local elective office of this state

 

if any outstanding campaign statement, report, fee, late filing

 

fee, or fine required to be filed or paid by that individual under

 

state law has not been filed or paid.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.