FILING DEADLINES                                                                H.B. 4131 (H-3):

                                                                                         SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                         REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 4131 (Substitute H-3 as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Representative Terry Sabo

House Committee:  Elections and Ethics

Senate Committee:  Elections

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Michigan Campaign Finance Act to do the following:

-- Require a filing official to notify a person who failed to file a statement report up to 30 business days after the filing deadline.

-- Allow a statement or report to be considered filed under the Act if a notice of an error or omission were not given to the filer by the filing official within 30 business days after the filing deadline.

-- Allow a filer up to 35 business days after a report or statement was required to be filed to make any corrections.

-- Require a filing official, within 10 business days, to notify the filer whether any corrections made to a statement or report were sufficient.

-- Require a report or statement that was not filed to be late filed within 35 business days after the filing deadline.

-- Require a filing official to report uncorrected errors, omissions, or failures to file to the Attorney General between 35 to 38 business days after the filing deadline.

MCL 169.216                                            Legislative Analyst:  Stephen Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  3-14-22                                       Fiscal Analyst:  Joe Carrasco

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.