HB-4380, As Passed House, February 10, 2010

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4380

     A bill to amend 1968 PA 318, entitled

"An act to implement the provisions of section 10 of article 4 of

the constitution relating to substantial conflicts of interest on

the part of members of the legislature and state officers in

respect to contracts with the state and the political subdivisions

thereof; to provide for penalties for the violation thereof; to

repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act; and to

validate certain contracts,"

by amending section 2 (MCL 15.302).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 2. (1) No A member of the legislature , herein referred

to as a "legislator", nor any or a state officer shall not be

interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the state or

any a political subdivision thereof which shall cause of the state

that causes a substantial conflict of interest.

     (2) A member of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant

governor, the secretary of state, or the attorney general shall not

directly or indirectly apply for or accept the award of a grant

funded by the state during his or her term of office if the grant

is not specifically in furtherance of duties of the office. This

prohibition does not apply to a grant to subsidize education at an

institution of higher education as defined in section 1 of 1988 PA

457, MCL 29.411, which grant is offered through a program available

on equal terms to members of the general public.

     (3) It is a substantial conflict of interest for a legislator,

the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, or

the attorney general to participate in the negotiation of a state

contract with a party that has made a contribution to a campaign

committee of that individual.