May 25, 2007, Introduced by Senators SWITALSKI and JACOBS and referred to the Committee on Campaign and Election Oversight.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled
"Michigan campaign finance act,"
by amending sections 18 and 36 (MCL 169.218 and 169.236), section
18 as amended by 2006 PA 89 and section 36 as amended by 1996 PA
590.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 18. (1) The secretary of state shall develop and
implement an electronic filing and internet disclosure system that
permits committees that are required to file statements or reports
under this act with the secretary of state and local units of
government that are required to transmit statements under section
36 to the secretary of state to file those statements or reports
electronically and that provides internet disclosure of
electronically filed statements or reports on a website.
(2) The secretary of state shall offer each committee required
to file with the secretary of state the option of filing campaign
statements or reports electronically, as described in subsection
(1).
(3)
Beginning with the annual campaign statement due January
31,
2004, each Each committee required to file with the secretary
of state that received or expended $20,000.00 or more in the
preceding calendar year or expects to receive or expend $20,000.00
or more in the current calendar year shall electronically file all
statements and reports required under this act, as described in
subsection (1).
(4)
If a committee was is not required to file a campaign
statement under subsection (3) only because it did not meet and
does
not expect to meet the applicable threshold
thresholds of
receiving
or expending $20,000.00 or more, but the committee later
reaches that threshold later in the calendar year, the committee
shall notify the secretary of state within 10 business days after
reaching that threshold and shall subsequently file electronically
all statements and reports required under this act.
(5) The secretary of state shall permit a committee to
electronically file statements and reports required under this act,
as described in subsection (1), except an original statement of
organization, after the committee treasurer and, for a candidate
committee, the candidate has signed and filed a form designed by
the secretary of state to serve as the signature verifying the
accuracy and completeness of each statement or report filed
electronically.
Sec. 36. (1) A candidate committee for a state elective office
or a judicial office shall file a copy of the campaign statement
required under this act with the secretary of state. The secretary
of state shall reproduce the copy and transmit the reproduction to
the clerk of the county of residence of the candidate.
(2) A ballot question committee supporting or opposing a
statewide ballot question shall file a copy of the campaign
statement required under this act with the secretary of state and
with the clerk of the most populous county in the state. A ballot
question committee supporting or opposing a ballot question to be
voted upon in more than 1 county, but not statewide, shall file a
copy of the campaign statement required under this act with the
clerk of the county in which the greatest number of registered
voters eligible to vote on the ballot question reside. A ballot
question committee supporting or opposing a ballot question to be
voted upon within a single county shall file a copy of the campaign
statement required under this act only with the clerk of that
county.
(3) A political party committee shall file a copy of the
campaign statement required under this act with the secretary of
state. The secretary of state shall reproduce a copy of the
campaign statement of a political party committee that is a county
committee and file the copy with the clerk of the county where the
county committee operates.
(4) A committee supporting or opposing a candidate for local
elective office, if the office is to be voted on in more than 1
county but not statewide, shall file a copy of the campaign
statement required under this act with the clerk of the county in
which the greatest number of registered voters eligible to vote on
the office reside.
(5) A committee not covered under subsection (1), (2), (3), or
(4) shall file a copy of the campaign statement required under this
act with the secretary of state, except that a committee reporting
contributions or expenditures for a candidate within only 1 county
shall file a statement only with the clerk of that county.
(6) A local unit of government that receives copies of
campaign statements under this section shall make the statements
available for public inspection and reproduction during regular
business hours of the local unit of government. The local unit of
government shall make the statements available as soon as
practicable after receipt, but not later than the third business
day following the day on which they are received.
(7) A local unit of government that receives a campaign
statement from a candidate for local elective office under this
section shall transmit the statement to the secretary of state so
that the secretary of state may disclose the statement on the
internet under section 18.