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.