INITIATIVE AND REFERENUM PETITIONS
House Bill 4754
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Gosselin
Committee: Redistricting and Elections
Complete to 5-22-01
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4754 AS INTRODUCED 5-10-01
The Michigan Election Law requires that a petition that proposes a constitutional amendment, the initiation of legislation, or a referendum on legislation be eight-and-one-half inches by fourteen inches in size. The bill would specify that a petition sheet could be either eight-and-one-half inches by fourteen inches or eight-and-one-half inches by eleven inches in size, in either horizontal or vertical format, and specifies that it would have to contain no fewer than two signature lines.
MCL 168.482
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.