HB-4750, As Passed House, May 30, 2018

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4750

A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

"Michigan election law,"

by amending section 193 (MCL 168.193), as amended by 2012 PA 276.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 193. (1) To obtain the printing of the name of a person

as a candidate for nomination by a political party for an office

named in section 191 under a particular party heading upon the

official primary ballots, there ~~shall~~ must be filed with the county

clerk nominating petitions signed by a number of qualified and

registered electors residing within the county as determined under

section 544f. Nominating petitions ~~shall~~ must be in the form

prescribed in section 544c. ~~Until December 31, 2013, the county~~

~~clerk shall receive nominating petitions up to 4 p.m. of the~~

~~twelfth Tuesday before the August primary. Beginning January 1,~~

~~2014, the~~ The county clerk shall receive nominating petitions up to

4 p.m. of the fifteenth Tuesday before the August primary.

(2) To obtain the printing of the name of a candidate of a

political party under the particular party's heading upon the

primary election ballots in the various voting precincts of the

county, there may be filed by the candidate, in lieu of filing

nomination petitions, a nonrefundable filing fee of $100.00 to be

paid to the county clerk. Payment of the fee and certification of

the candidate's name paying the fee ~~shall be~~ are governed by the

same provisions as in the case of nominating petitions. The fee

~~shall~~ must be deposited in the general fund of the county. ~~and~~

~~shall be refunded to candidates who are nominated and to an equal~~

~~number of candidates who receive the next highest number of votes~~

~~in the primary election. If 2 or more candidates tie in having the~~

~~lowest number of votes allowing a refund, the sum of $100.00 shall~~

~~be divided among them. The deposits of all other defeated~~

~~candidates, as well as the deposits of candidates who withdraw or~~

~~are disqualified, shall be forfeited and the candidates shall be~~

~~notified of the forfeiture. Deposits forfeited under this section~~

~~shall be paid into and credited to the general fund of the county.~~

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 4745.

(b) House Bill No. 4747.