February 19, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Roberts, Sheltrown, Scripps, Tlaib, Byrum, Mayes, Spade, Slavens, Liss, Kennedy, Terry Brown, Gregory, Miller, Hammel, Haugh, Lindberg, LeBlanc, Byrnes, Ebli, Bledsoe, Robert Jones, Nathan, Valentine, Dean, Leland, Meadows, Lisa Brown, Bauer, Nerat, Huckleberry, Haase, Coulouris, Angerer, Geiss, Donigan, Segal, Switalski, Womack, Slezak, Melton and Bettie Scott and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
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.
(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.