STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Rep. Schuitmaker

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5648

AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled "An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act," by amending section 478 (MCL 168.478).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 478. At the time of filing a petition under this chapter, the person or persons filing the petition may request a notice of the approval or rejection of the petition to be forwarded by the state director of elections to the person or persons or any other persons designated at the time of the filing of the petition. If a request is made at the time of filing of the petition, the secretary of state, immediately upon approval or rejection, shall transmit by registered or certified mail to the person or persons an official notice of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 973.

(b) Senate Bill No. 974.

(c) Senate Bill No. 975.

(d) Senate Bill No. 976.

(e) House Bill No. 5649.

(f) House Bill No. 5650.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor