February 8, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Ward and referred to the Committee on House Oversight, Elections, and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 477 (MCL 168.477), as amended by 1999 PA 219.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
477. (1) The board of state canvassers state director
of elections shall make an official declaration of the sufficiency
or insufficiency of a petition under this chapter at least 2 months
before the election at which the proposal is to be submitted. The
state director of elections shall declare the petition sufficient
unless he or she determines that the petition is not in proper form
or that the number of valid signatures is less than the minimum
number required. In determining the sufficiency of the form of the
petition, the state director of elections shall not consider the
substance
of the proposal affixed to the petition.
If the board of
state
canvassers state director of
elections declares that the
petition is sufficient, the secretary of state shall send copies of
the
statement of purpose of the proposal
as approved by the board
of
state canvassers under section 474 to the several daily and
weekly newspapers published in this state, with the request that
the newspapers give as wide publicity as possible to the proposed
amendment or other question. Publication of any matter by any
newspaper
under this section shall be without expense or cost to
the
this state.
of Michigan.
(2) For the purposes of the second paragraph of section 9 of
article II of the state constitution of 1963, a law that is the
subject of the referendum continues to be effective until the
referendum
is properly invoked, which occurs when the board of
state
canvassers state director of
elections makes its
his or
her official declaration of the sufficiency of the referendum
petition.
The board of state canvassers state director of
elections shall complete the canvass of a referendum petition
within 60 days after the petition is filed with the secretary of
state, except that 1 15-day extension may be granted by the
secretary of state if necessary to complete the canvass.
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 or House Bill No.____ (request no.
04197'05 *).
(b) Senate Bill No. 974 or House Bill No.____ (request no.
05710'06).
(c) Senate Bill No. 975 or House Bill No.____ (request no.
05711'06).
(d) Senate Bill No. 976 or House Bill No.____ (request no.
05712'06).
(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5648(request no.
05714'06).
(f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5649(request no.
05715'06).