January 20, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Meltzer, Moss, Denby, Tyler, Bolger, Lori, Kurtz, DeShazor, Haveman, Stamas and Opsommer and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled
"Michigan campaign finance act,"
(MCL 169.201 to 169.282) by adding section 45a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 45a. (1) If a public officer is charged with a felony
arising out of his or her conduct in public office, a court may
impose a lien and issue a permanent or temporary injunction to
prevent money in that public officer's candidate committee account
from being spent.
(2) As used in this section, "public officer" means an elected
official of this state or of a political subdivision of this state.