HOUSE BILL No. 6303


     December 1, 1998, Introduced by Reps. Dobb, Horton, Bobier, Kaza, Crissman, London, Bodem, Dalman, Oxender, Brackenridge, Nye, Profit and McNutt and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled

   "Michigan campaign finance act,"

   (MCL 169.201 to 169.282) by adding section 24b.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 24B.  (1) BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SEC-

 2    TION, A PERSON HOLDING ELECTIVE OFFICE SHALL NOT ESTABLISH AN

 3    INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE.  NOT LATER THAN 1 YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE

 4    DATE OF THIS SECTION, AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY A

 5    PERSON HOLDING ELECTIVE OFFICE BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS

 6    SECTION SHALL BE DISSOLVED, SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (2) AND

 7    SECTION 24(7).

 8         (2) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, A COMMIT-

 9    TEE REQUIRED TO BE DISSOLVED SHALL NOT MAKE A CONTRIBUTION OR

10    EXPENDITURE ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.  A

11    COMMITTEE REQUIRED TO BE DISSOLVED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY MAKE AN


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 1    EXPENDITURE TO PAY A DEBT INCURRED BY THE COMMITTEE BEFORE THE

 2    EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.  UNEXPENDED FUNDS IN AN INDEPEN-

 3    DENT COMMITTEE SHALL BE DISBURSED AS FOLLOWS:

 4         (A) GIVEN TO A POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE.

 5         (B) GIVEN TO A TAX EXEMPT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION, AS LONG

 6    AS THE PERSON HOLDING ELECTIVE OFFICE DOES NOT BECOME AN OFFICER

 7    OR DIRECTOR OF OR RECEIVE COMPENSATION, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDI-

 8    RECTLY, FROM THAT ORGANIZATION.

 9         (C) RETURNED TO THE CONTRIBUTORS OF THE FUNDS UPON TERMINA-

10    TION OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE.

11         (D) IF THE PERSON HOLDS THE OFFICE OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE,

12    GIVEN TO A HOUSE POLITICAL PARTY CAUCUS COMMITTEE.

13         (E) IF THE PERSON HOLDS THE OFFICE OF STATE SENATOR, GIVEN

14    TO A SENATE POLITICAL PARTY CAUCUS COMMITTEE.

15         (F) GIVEN TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE.

16         (G) GIVEN TO A BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEE.

17         (3) A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY

18    OF A MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000.00

19    OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 90 DAYS, OR BOTH.



















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