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Act 388 of 1976
- MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE ACT (169.201 - 169.282)***** Subsection (5) is retroactive and takes effect January 1, 2010 *****
Section 169.215 ‑ Duties of secretary of state; declaratory ruling and interpretive statement; filing, contents, and form of complaint; investigations; referral of matter to attorney general; posting of complaint, response, or rebuttal statement on website; 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 ‑ 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 ‑ Payment of late filing fee; disposition of late filing fees and copying charges; unpaid filing fee; exceptions.
Section 169.218a ‑ Electronic filing and internet disclosure system; adoption by county clerk.
Section 169.220 ‑ Individual not considered candidate; individual receiving votes by write-in method as candidate.
Section 169.221 ‑ 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 ‑ Expenditure for incidental expense by candidate committee; legal costs; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 169.222 ‑ Duties of committee treasurer or other designated individual; preservation and inspection of committee records; violation; civil fine.
Section 169.223 ‑ Rules for withdrawal of funds; limitation on single expenditure from petty cash fund; violation; civil fine.
Section 169.224 ‑ Statement of organization; time for filing; late filing fee; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; contents of statement; name of sponsor; amendment; statement as to receipts or expenditures; filing statement indicating dissolution of committee; exception; political committee considered as independent expenditure committee.
Section 169.224a ‑ House political party caucus committee; senate political party caucus committee; limitation; dissolution of independent committees; exception.
Section 169.224b ‑ Independent expenditure committee; creation; filing of campaign statements; contributions; violation of subsection (4) as felony; penalty.
Section 169.224c ‑ Defeat of independent nature of independent expenditure; punishment; exception.
Section 169.226 ‑ Campaign statement of committee other than political party committee; contents; report; list of expenditures; bundled contribution; separate segregated fund reporting requirements.
Section 169.228 ‑ Interest; loans; certified statement to accompany campaign statement reporting certain contributions; applicability of subsection (3).
Section 169.229 ‑ 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 169.231 ‑ Contributions or expenditures controlled by another person; bundled contribution.
Section 169.232 ‑ Report of late contributions; late filing fee; subsection (5) retroactive to January 1, 2010; “late contribution” defined.
Section 169.233 ‑ Campaign statements; filing schedule; report on expenditures; form; late filing fee; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; prohibitions; filing incomplete or inaccurate statement or report; civil fine; failure to file campaign statements; violation as felony; seizure and forfeiture of money; inventory statement of money seized; notice; hearing; decision; appeal; commencement of action.
Section 169.234 ‑ 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 ‑ 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 ‑ Filing copies of campaign statements with secretary of state and county clerks; availability to public.
Section 169.241 ‑ Single contribution of $20.00 or expenditure of $50.00; written instrument, credit card, or debit card; anonymous contribution; contribution in name of another; violations; penalties.
Section 169.242 ‑ 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 ‑ Expenditure by agent or independent contractor; requirements; violation; penalty.
Section 169.244 ‑ Prohibited contributions or expenditures; delivery or return of contribution; joint fund-raiser; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 169.244a ‑ Expenditure for late filing fee; financial disclosure reports.
Section 169.245 ‑ Transfer of unexpended funds; funds transferred not considered qualifying contribution; disbursement of funds ineligible for transfer.
Section 169.246 ‑ Adjustments to dollar value floor and contribution limits; "consumer price index" defined.
Section 169.247 ‑ Printed matter or radio or television paid advertisement having reference to election, candidate, or ballot question; name and address; identification or disclaimer; size and placement; rules; exemption; statement that payment made "with regulated funds"; communication exempted under section 6(2)(j); violation as misdemeanor; penalty; prerecorded telephone message; artificial intelligence.
Section 169.250 ‑ Acceptance of honorarium by legislator prohibited; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 169.251 ‑ Independent expenditure of $100.01 or more; report; forwarding copies to filing officers; late filing fees; violation as misdemeanor.
Section 169.252 ‑ Limitations on contributions to candidate committee; 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 ‑ Contribution to house political party caucus committee or senate political party caucus committee; limitation; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 169.254 ‑ Contributions, expenditures, or volunteer personal services by corporation, joint stock company, domestic dependent sovereign, or labor organization; contribution to ballot question committee or independent expenditure committee; independent expenditures as to ballot questions; violation; penalty.
Section 169.255 ‑ Segregated fund for political purposes; establishment by connected organization; limitations; solicitation of contributions; prohibited practices; contribution to separate segregated fund; disproportionate in-kind contributions for prizes; violation; penalty; exception; definitions.
Section 169.257 ‑ Contributions, expenditures, or volunteer personal services; prohibitions; communication referencing local ballot questions; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 169.259 ‑ Use of artificial intelligence; political advertisements; requirements; disclosure; violations; civil fines; exceptions; "qualified political advertisement" defined.
Section 169.261 ‑ State campaign fund; creation; administration; tax designation; appropriation; distribution of money; transfer to general fund.
Section 169.262 ‑ 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 ‑ 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 ‑ Payments to candidates in primary election; requirements; return of funds.
Section 169.266 ‑ 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 ‑ Limitations on expenditures; exceptions; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; prohibitions.
Section 169.269 ‑ Limitations on contributions for election cycle; "immediate family" defined; determination of election cycle beginning and ending; notices; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; bundled contributions.
Section 169.270 ‑ Reporting contribution or expenditure controlled or directed by another person.
Section 169.282 ‑ 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.