September 23, 2003, Introduced by Senators JELINEK, KUIPERS, BIRKHOLZ, SWITALSKI, JACOBS, GARCIA, PATTERSON and JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 963 (MCL 168.963), as amended by 1999 PA
220.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 963. (1) Within 35 days after the filing of the recall
2 petition, the filing official with whom the recall petition is
3 filed shall make an official declaration of the sufficiency or
4 insufficiency of the petition. If the recall petition is
5 determined to be insufficient, the filing official shall notify
6 the person or organization sponsoring the recall of the
7 insufficiency of the petition. It is not necessary to give
8 notification unless the person or organization sponsoring the
9 recall files with the filing official a written notice of
10 sponsorship and a mailing address.
1 (2) Immediately upon determining that the petition is
2 sufficient, but not later than 35 days after the date of filing
3 of the petition, the county clerk with whom the petition is filed
4 shall submit to the
county election scheduling committee a
5 proposed date for a
special election to be held within 60 days
6 after the submission
to the county scheduling committee call
the
7 special election to determine whether the electors will recall
8 the officer whose recall is sought. The special election shall
9 be held on the next regularly scheduled election date that is not
10 less than 70 days after the date the petition signatures are
11 certified.
12 (3) If a petition is
filed under section 959, the officer
13 filing official with whom
the petition is filed shall not submit
14 a proposed date to the
county election scheduling committee but
15 shall call the special election subject to the time
limitations
16 set out in this
section to be held on the next
regularly
17 scheduled election date that is not less than 70 days after the
18 petition signatures are certified.