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MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE ACT
Act 388 of 1976
AN ACT to regulate political activity; to regulate campaign financing; to restrict campaign contributions and expenditures; to require campaign statements and reports; to regulate anonymous contributions; to regulate campaign advertising and literature; to provide for segregated funds for political purposes; to provide for the use of public funds for political purposes; to create certain funds; to provide for reversion, retention, or refunding of unexpended balances in certain funds; to require other statements and reports; to regulate acceptance of certain gifts, payments, and reimbursements; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments and state and local officials and employees; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts.
History: 1976, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1976
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Am. 1994, Act 117, Eff. Apr. 1, 1995
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Am. 1994, Act 385, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995
© 2009 Legislative Council, State of Michigan
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
| Section 169.201 | Section | Short title; meanings of words and phrases. |
| Section 169.202 | Section | Definitions; A, B. |
| Section 169.203 | Section | Definitions; C. |
| Section 169.204 | Section | Definitions; C. |
| Section 169.205 | Section | Definitions; D, E. |
| Section 169.206 | Section | “Expenditure” defined. |
| Section 169.207 | Section | Definitions; F to H. |
| Section 169.208 | Section | Definitions; H, I. |
| Section 169.209 | Section | Definitions; I to L. |
| Section 169.210 | Section | Definitions; M to N. |
| Section 169.211 | Section | Definitions; P. |
| Section 169.212 | Section | Definitions; Q to S. |
| Section 169.215 | Section | Duties of secretary of state; issuance, extension, and annual summary of declaratory rulings; issuance and annual summary of interpretive statements; filing, contents, and form of complaint; investigations; informal methods of conference, conciliation, or persuasion; conciliation agreement as bar to further action; enforcement of criminal penalty; hearing; order; judicial review; civil fine and other sanctions; waiver of campaign statement; filing; duties of county clerk. |
| Section 169.216 | Section | Statement or report; public inspection; reproduction; copy; prohibited use; preservation; disposal; late filing fee; compliance; notice; corrections; report of errors or omissions; deadline for filing. |
| Section 169.217 | Section | Payment of late filing fee; disposition of late filing fees and copying charges; unpaid filing fee. |
| Section 169.218 | Section | Electronic filing and internet disclosure system. |
| Section 169.220 | Section | Individual not considered candidate; individual receiving votes solely by write-in method as candidate. |
| Section 169.221 | Section | Candidate committee or committee other than candidate committee; treasurer; service of process; official depository for contributions; secondary depositories; requirements for accepting contributions or making expenditures; vacancy in office of treasurer; authorizing expenditure; contributions or expenditures considered received or made by candidate committee; reporting contributions; commingling prohibited; violation; penalty. |
| Section 169.221a | Section | Expenditure for incidental expense by candidate committee. |
| Section 169.222 | Section | Duties of committee treasurer or other designated individual; preservation and inspection of committee records; violation; civil fine. |
| Section 169.223 | Section | Rules for withdrawal of funds; limitation on single expenditure from petty cash fund; violation; civil fine. |
| Section 169.224 | Section | Statement of organization; time for filing; late filing fee; violation as misdemeanor; contents of statement; name of sponsor; amendment; statement as to receipts or expenditures; filing statement indicating dissolution of committee; exception. |
| Section 169.224a | Section | House political party caucus committee; senate political party caucus committee; limitation; dissolution of independent committees; exception. |
| Section 169.225 | Section | Campaign statement; filing; period covered. |
| Section 169.225a | Section | Repealed. 1999, Act 237, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000. |
| Section 169.226 | Section | Campaign statement of committee other than political party committee; contents; report; list of expenditures; bundled contribution. |
| Section 169.228 | Section | Interest; loans; certified statement to accompany campaign statement reporting certain contributions; applicability of subsection (3). |
| Section 169.229 | Section | Campaign statement filed by political party committee; contents; identification of expenditure; designation of contribution to candidate committee or ballot question committee; designation of independent expenditure; apportionment of expenditure; list of expenditures. |
| Section 169.230 | Section | Contributions prohibited under MCL 432.207b. |
| Section 169.231 | Section | Contributions or expenditures controlled by another person; bundled contribution. |
| Section 169.232 | Section | Report of late contributions; late filing fee; “late contribution” defined. |
| Section 169.233 | Section | Campaign statements; filing schedule; report; late filing fee; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; prohibitions; filing incomplete or inaccurate statement or report; civil fine. |
| Section 169.233a | Section | Information to be included with contribution. |
| Section 169.234 | Section | Campaign statement of ballot question committee; filing schedule; late filing fees; failure to file statement as misdemeanor; penalty; filing incomplete or inaccurate statement or report; civil fine. |
| Section 169.235 | Section | Additional campaign statement; filing; deadline; period covered; waiver; exception; late filing fees; receipts or expenditures subjecting committee to campaign filing requirements; failure to file as misdemeanor; penalty; filing incomplete or inaccurate statement or report; civil fine. |
| Section 169.236 | Section | Filing copies of campaign statements with secretary of state and county clerks; availability to public. |
| Section 169.237 | Section | Campaign statement; signing; verification. |
| Section 169.238 | Section | Campaign statement; period covered. |
| Section 169.241 | Section | Single contribution of $20.00 or expenditure of $50.00; written instrument; anonymous contribution; contribution in name of another; violations; penalties. |
| Section 169.242 | Section | Acceptance of contribution by intermediary or agent; disclosure; requirements as to certain contributions; requirements as to contribution from person other than committee; out-of-state contributions made on automatic basis; violations; penalties. |
| Section 169.243 | Section | Expenditure by agent or independent contractor; requirements; violation; penalty. |
| Section 169.244 | Section | Prohibited contributions or expenditures; delivery or return of contribution; joint fund-raiser; violation as misdemeanor; penalty. |
| Section 169.245 | Section | Transfer of unexpended funds; funds transferred not considered qualifying contribution; disbursement of funds ineligible for transfer. |
| Section 169.246 | Section | Adjustments to dollar value contribution limits; dollar value floor for reporting; recommendations. |
| Section 169.247 | Section | Printed matter or radio or television paid advertisement having reference to election, candidate, or ballot question; names and addresses; rules; exemptions; statement that payment made “with regulated funds”; violation as misdemeanor; penalty. |
| Section 169.249 | Section | Repealed. 1999, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000. |
| Section 169.250 | Section | Acceptance of honorarium by legislator prohibited; violation as misdemeanor; penalty. |
| Section 169.251 | Section | Independent expenditure of $100.01 or more; report; copies. |
| Section 169.252 | Section | Limitations on contributions; exemption of contribution from candidate's immediate family; contribution for particular election cycle; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; contributions made by political or independent committees established by corporation, joint stock company, domestic dependent sovereign, or labor organization; bundled contributions. |
| Section 169.252a | Section | Contribution to house political party caucus committee or senate political party caucus committee; limitation; violation as misdemeanor; penalty. |
| Section 169.253 | Section | Contribution or expenditure by dependent minor. |
| Section 169.254 | Section | Contributions, expenditures, or volunteer personal services by corporation, joint stock company, domestic dependent sovereign, or labor organization, or by persons acting for corporation, joint stock company, domestic dependent sovereign, or labor organization; independent expenditures as to ballot questions; violation; penalty. |
| Section 169.255 | Section | Segregated fund for political purposes; establishment by corporation, joint stock company, domestic dependent sovereign, or labor organization; limitations; solicitation of contributions; prohibited practices; violation; penalty; civil fine. |
| Section 169.256 | Section | Ordinance or resolution. |
| Section 169.257 | Section | Contributions, expenditures, or volunteer personal services; prohibitions; violation as misdemeanor; penalty. |
| Section 169.261 | Section | State campaign fund; creation; administration; tax designation; appropriation; distribution of money; transfer to general fund. |
| Section 169.262 | Section | Candidates eligible to receive moneys; moneys to be spent and reported by candidate committee; filing statement of organization as condition to receiving moneys from state campaign fund; exemption from MCL 169.261 to 169.271. |
| Section 169.263 | Section | Record of candidate's certified statements of qualifying contributions; contents of statement; notice of qualification to receive moneys; application for moneys; determination of amount; forwarding information and application to state treasurer; issuance of warrant. |
| Section 169.264 | Section | Payments to candidates in primary election; requirements; return of funds. |
| Section 169.265 | Section | Nominees entitled to receive funds. |
| Section 169.266 | Section | Application of funds against qualified campaign expenditures; “qualified campaign expenditure” defined; separate account for funds received; payment of qualified expenditures; disposition of unexpended balance; use of payment for expenditures in subsequent election prohibited; violation; penalty. |
| Section 169.267 | Section | Limitations on expenditures; exceptions; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; prohibitions. |
| Section 169.268 | Section | Debt limitation; violation; penalty; prohibitions. |
| Section 169.269 | Section | Limitations on contributions; determination of election cycle beginning and ending; notices; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; bundled contributions. |
| Section 169.270 | Section | Reporting contribution or expenditure controlled or directed by another person. |
| Section 169.271 | Section | Prohibited contributions; violation; penalty. |
| Section 169.281 | Section | Repeal of MCL 168.901 to 168.929; effective date. |
| Section 169.282 | Section | Application of penalty provisions; payment of late filing fee; expenditure of $200.00 or more as contribution to ballot question committee; penalty or late filing fee; effective date of MCL 169.235. |