November 28, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Pagan, Camilleri, Moss, Sowerby, Chang, Gay-Dagnogo, Hammoud and Wittenberg and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 509w (MCL 168.509w), as added by 1994 PA 441.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 509w. (1) The person processing an application submitted
in person at a department of state office, a designated voter
registration
agency, or the office of a county clerk shall do all
both of the following:
(a) Validate the application in the manner prescribed by the
secretary of state.
(b) Issue a receipt to the applicant verifying the acceptance
of the application.
(2) The person processing an application submitted
electronically under section 509v shall do both of the following:
(a) Validate the application in the manner prescribed by the
secretary of state.
(b) Issue a receipt to the applicant in the manner prescribed
by the secretary of state verifying the acceptance of the
application.
(3) (2)
Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (3), (4),
the department of state office, the designated voter registration
agency, or the county clerk shall transmit the application not
later than 7 days after receipt of the application to the clerk of
the county, city, or township where the applicant resides.
(4) (3)
If an application under subsection
(1) or (2) is made
within 7 days before the close of registration for a federal
election, the department of state office, the designated voter
registration agency, or the county clerk shall transmit the
application not later than 1 business day to the clerk of the
county, city, or township where the applicant resides.
(5) (4)
If a completed application is
transmitted by the
secretary of state or a designated voter registration agency to a
county clerk, the secretary of state, to the extent funds are
appropriated, shall compensate the county clerk for the cost of
forwarding the application to the proper city or township clerk of
the applicant's residence from funds appropriated to the secretary
of state for that purpose.
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) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5263 (request no.
00439'17 *).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5264 (request no.
01886'17).