September 14, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Proos and referred to the Committee on House Oversight, Elections, and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled
"Michigan campaign finance act,"
by amending section 36 (MCL 169.236), as amended by 1996 PA 590.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 36. (1) A candidate committee for a state elective office
or a judicial office shall file a copy of the campaign statement
required
under this act with the secretary of state. The secretary
of
state shall reproduce the copy and transmit the reproduction to
the
clerk of the county of residence of the candidate.
(2) A ballot question committee supporting or opposing a
statewide ballot question shall file a copy of the campaign
statement required under this act with the secretary of state and
with the clerk of the most populous county in the state. A ballot
question committee supporting or opposing a ballot question to be
voted upon in more than 1 county, but not statewide, shall file a
copy of the campaign statement required under this act with the
clerk of the county in which the greatest number of registered
voters eligible to vote on the ballot question reside. A ballot
question committee supporting or opposing a ballot question to be
voted upon within a single county shall file a copy of the campaign
statement required under this act only with the clerk of that
county.
(3) A political party committee shall file a copy of the
campaign statement required under this act with the secretary of
state. The secretary of state shall reproduce a copy of the
campaign statement of a political party committee that is a county
committee and file the copy with the clerk of the county where the
county committee operates.
(4) A committee supporting or opposing a candidate for local
elective office, if the office is to be voted on in more than 1
county but not statewide, shall file a copy of the campaign
statement required under this act with the clerk of the county in
which the greatest number of registered voters eligible to vote on
the office reside.
(5)
A committee not covered under subsection subsections (1)
,
(2), (3), or to (4) shall file a copy of the campaign statement
required
under this act with the secretary of state. , except that
a
committee reporting contributions or expenditures for a candidate
within
only 1 county shall file a statement only with the clerk of
that
county.
(6) A local unit of government that receives copies of
campaign
statements under this section shall make the statements
available
for public inspection and reproduction during regular
business
hours of the local unit of government. The local unit of
government
shall make the statements available as soon as
practicable after receipt, but not later than the third business
day following the day on which they are received.