Bill Text: MI SB1251 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Campaign finance; other; reference to the fair political practices commission in the Michigan election law; provide for. Amends secs. 2 & 848 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.2 & 168.848). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1250'18
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-12-06 - Referred To Committee On Elections And Ethics [SB1251 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB1251-Engrossed.html
SB-1251, As Passed Senate, December 6, 2018
SENATE BILL No. 1251
November 29, 2018, Introduced by Senator ROBERTSON and referred to the Committee on Elections and Government Reform.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 2 and 848 (MCL 168.2 and 168.848), section 2
as amended by 2018 PA 129 and section 848 as added by 2003 PA 119.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Absent voter" is defined in section 758.
(b) "Ballot container" is defined in section 14a.
(c) "Business day" or "secular day" means a day that is not a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
(d) "Clearly observable boundaries" is defined in section
654a.
(e) "Commission" means, as used in section 848, the fair
political practices commission created in section 15a of the
Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.215a.
(f)
(e) "Election" means an election or primary
election at
which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of this state
choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or
decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them.
(g) (f)
"Election precinct" is
defined in section 654.
(h) (g)
"Fall" state and county
conventions and "spring" state
and county conventions are assigned meanings in section 596.
(i) (h)
"General election" or
"general November election"
means the election held on the November regular election date in an
even
numbered even-numbered year.
(j) (i)
"Identification for election
purposes" means, if
issued to the individual presenting the card or document and if
presented for voting purposes the name on the card or document
sufficiently matches the individual's name in his or her voter
registration record so as to accurately identify the individual as
the registered elector, or if issued to the individual presenting
the card or document and if presented for voter registration
purposes, any of the following:
(i) An operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the
Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, or an
enhanced driver license issued under the enhanced driver license
and enhanced official state personal identification card act, 2008
PA 23, MCL 28.301 to 28.308.
(ii) An official state personal identification card issued
under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300, or an enhanced official
state personal identification card issued under the enhanced driver
license and enhanced official state personal identification card
act, 2008 PA 23, MCL 28.301 to 28.308.
(iii) A current operator's or chauffeur's license issued by
another state.
(iv) A current state personal identification card issued by
another state.
(v) A current state government issued photo identification
card.
(vi) A current United States passport or federal government
issued photo identification card.
(vii) A current military photo identification card.
(viii) A current tribal photo identification card.
(ix) A current student photo identification card issued by a
high school in this state, an institution of higher education in
this state described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the
state constitution of 1963, a junior college or community college
established under section 7 of article VIII of the state
constitution of 1963, or another accredited degree or certificate
granting college or university, junior college, or community
college located in this state.
(k) (j)
"Immediate family" means
an individual's father,
mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, and spouse and a relative
of any degree residing in the same household as that individual.
Sec. 848. (1) Each elected candidate subject to the Michigan
campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282, and
whose candidate committee received or expended more than $1,000.00
during the election cycle shall file a postelection statement with
the filing official designated to receive the elected candidate's
candidate committee campaign statements under section 36 of the
Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.236. All of the
following apply to a postelection statement required by this
section:
(a) The postelection statement must be on a form prescribed by
the
secretary of state.commission.
(b) The elected candidate shall file the postelection
statement before the elected candidate assumes office.
(c)
The postelection statement shall must include an
attestation signed by the elected candidate that, as of the date of
the postelection statement, all statements, reports, late filing
fees, and fines required of the candidate or a candidate committee
organized to support the candidate's election under the Michigan
campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282, have
been filed or paid.
(d)
The postelection statement shall must include an
attestation signed by the elected candidate acknowledging that
making a false statement in a postelection statement is punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more
than 5 years, or both.
(2) Failure to file a postelection statement as required by
subsection (1) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more
than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 93 days, or both.
(3) Making a false statement in a postelection statement
required under subsection (1) is perjury, punishable as provided in
section 936.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No._1250
of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.