HOUSE BILL No. 4312


     February 20, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Switalski, Neumann and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled

   "Michigan campaign finance act,"

   by amending section 61 (MCL 169.261), as amended by 1993 PA 262;

   and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 61.  (1) The state campaign fund is hereby created.

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      The state treasurer shall administer the state campaign fund pur-

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      suant to this act.

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           (2)  An  FOR TAX YEARS THAT BEGIN BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2001, AN

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      individual whose tax liability under the income tax act of 1967,

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       Act No. 281 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, being sec-

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      tions 206.1 to 206.532 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1967

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      PA 281, MCL 206.1 TO 206.532, for a taxable year is $3.00 or more

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      may designate that $3.00 be credited to the state campaign fund.

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      In the case of a joint return of husband and wife having an


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      income tax liability of $6.00 or more, each spouse may designate

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      that $3.00 be credited to the state campaign fund.

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           (3) The tax designation authorized in this section shall be

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      clearly and unambiguously printed on the first page of the state

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      individual income tax return FOR TAX YEARS THAT BEGIN BEFORE

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      JANUARY 1, 2001.

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           (4) An amount equal to the cumulative amounts designated

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      under subsection (2) each TAX year THAT BEGINS BEFORE JANUARY 1,

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      2001 shall be appropriated annually from the general fund of the

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      state to the state campaign fund to be available beginning

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      January 1 and continuing through December 31 of each year in

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      which a governor is elected.  The amounts appropriated under this

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      section shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain

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      available to the state campaign fund for distribution without

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      fiscal year limitation except that any amounts remaining in the

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      state campaign fund in excess of $10,000,000.00 on December 31

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      immediately following a gubernatorial general election shall

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      revert to the general fund.

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           (5) Before the distribution of funds under this act to qual-

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      ifying primary election candidates, the state treasurer shall set

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      aside sufficient funds from the state campaign fund to fully

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      implement the formula for distributing funds to qualifying gen-

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      eral election candidates.  If insufficient funds exist in the

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      state campaign fund to provide full funding to eligible primary

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      election candidates, the campaign funds shall be distributed to

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      those candidates on a pro rata basis.





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           Enacting section 1.  This section is repealed on the January

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      1 following the year in which the balance in the state campaign

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      fund is zero.

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           Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act does not take

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      effect unless Senate Bill No. ___ or House Bill No. 4311 (request

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      no. 02167'01) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into law.












































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