HOUSE BILL No. 6262

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Zemke, Wittenberg and Howrylak and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 634b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 634b. (1) If an individual is removed from the office of

 

state senator or representative as provided in section 177 and the

 

governor directs that the vacancy be filled at a special election

 

in that senatorial or representative district, this state shall

 

reimburse each county, city, or township for the cost of conducting

 

the special election. The reimbursement must not exceed the

 

verified account of actual costs of the special election as

 

provided in this section.

 

     (2) Payment must be made upon presentation and approval of a

verified account of actual costs to the department of treasury,

 

local audit and finance division, after the department of treasury

 

and the secretary of state agree as to what constitutes valid costs

 

of conducting an election. Reimbursable costs do not include

 

salaries of permanent local officials or the cost of reusable

 

supplies and equipment.

 

     (3) The legislature shall appropriate from the general fund of

 

this state an amount necessary to implement this section.

 

     (4) To qualify for reimbursement, a county, city, or township

 

must submit its verified account of actual costs before the

 

expiration of 90 days after the date of the special election. This

 

state shall pay or disapprove all or a portion of the verified

 

account before the expiration of 90 days after this state receives

 

a verified account of actual costs under this subsection.

 

     (5) If this state disapproves all or a portion of a verified

 

account of actual costs under subsection (4), this state shall send

 

a notice of disapproval along with the reasons for the disapproval

 

to the county, city, or township. Upon request of a county, city,

 

or township whose verified account or portion of a verified account

 

was disapproved under this section, this state shall review the

 

disapproved costs with the county, city, or township.