HOUSE BILL No. 4053


     January 27, 1999, Introduced by Rep. Callahan and referred to the Committee on Constitutional Law and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled

   "Michigan campaign finance act,"

   (MCL 169.201 to 169.282) by adding section 47a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 47A.  (1) A COMMITTEE SHALL NOT USE AN ENVELOPE TO MAIL

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      A PRINTED ITEM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 47(1) THAT CONTAINS ANY OF

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      THE FOLLOWING:

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           (A) A GRAPHIC OR PICTURE THAT RESEMBLES THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF

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      A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OF THIS STATE, THE UNITED STATES, OR ANY

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      POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE OR THE UNITED STATES.

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           (B) A RETURN ADDRESS THAT USES WORDS THAT INDICATE THAT THE

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      ENVELOPE IS FROM A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT OF THIS STATE, THE UNITED

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      STATES, OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE OR THE UNITED

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      STATES.




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           (C) WORDS, GRAPHICS, OR PICTURES ON ANY PART OF THE ENVELOPE

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      THAT REFER TO OR REPRESENT AN ABSENT VOTER BALLOT OR VOTE BY MAIL

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      BALLOT INDICATING THE BALLOT IS ENCLOSED OR IS THE SUBJECT OF THE

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      MAILING.

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           (2) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDE-

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      MEANOR PUNISHABLE, IF THE PERSON IS AN INDIVIDUAL, BY A FINE OF

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      NOT MORE THAN $1,000.00 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 90 DAYS

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      OR BOTH, OR, IF THE PERSON IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL, BY A FINE OF NOT

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      MORE THAN $10,000.00.






































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