HOUSE BILL No. 4754


     May 10, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Gosselin and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.


        A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

   "Michigan election law,"

   by amending section 482 (MCL 168.482), as amended by 1998

   PA 142.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 482.  (1) Each petition SHEET under this section shall

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      be EITHER 8-1/2 inches by 14 inches OR 8-1/2 INCHES BY 11 INCHES

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      in size, IN EITHER HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL FORMAT, AND SHALL CON-

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      TAIN NO FEWER THAN 2 SIGNATURE LINES.

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           (2) If the  measure  PROPOSAL to be submitted  proposes 
   IS

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      a constitutional amendment, initiation of legislation, or refer-

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      endum of legislation, the heading of each part of the petition

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      shall be prepared in the following form and printed in capital

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      letters in 14-point boldfaced type:




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                             INITIATIVE PETITION

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                        AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

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                                      OR

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                          INITIATION OF LEGISLATION

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                                      OR

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                          REFERENDUM OF LEGISLATION

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                       PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION

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           (3) The full text of the  amendment so proposed  PROPOSAL

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      shall follow and be printed in 8-point type.  If the proposal

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      would alter or abrogate an existing provision of the constitu-

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      tion, the petition shall so state and the provisions to be

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      altered or abrogated shall be inserted, preceded by the words:

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           "Provisions of existing constitution altered or abrogated by

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      the proposal if adopted."

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           (4) The following statement shall appear beneath the peti-

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      tion heading:

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           "We, the undersigned qualified and registered electors, res-

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      idents in the

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      city

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      township (strike 1) of ..........

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           in the county of .........., state of Michigan, respectively

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      petition for (amendment to constitution) (initiation of

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      legislation) (referendum of legislation) (other appropriate

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      description)."

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           (5) The following warning shall be printed in 12-point type

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      immediately above the place for signatures, on each part of the

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      petition:



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                                   WARNING

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           A person who knowingly signs this petition more than once,

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      signs a name other than his or her own, signs when not a quali-

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      fied and registered elector, or sets opposite his or her signa-

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      ture on a petition, a date other than the actual date the signa-

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      ture was affixed, is violating the provisions of the Michigan

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      election law.

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           (6) The remainder of the petition form shall be as provided

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      following the warning to electors signing the petition in section

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      544c(1).  In addition, the petition shall comply with the

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      requirements of section 544c(2).


































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