November 13, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Meisner and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled
"Michigan campaign finance act,"
by amending sections 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, and 12 (MCL 169.203, 169.205,
169.207, 169.210, 169.211, and 169.212), section 3 as amended by
1989 PA 95, section 5 as amended by 1999 PA 237, sections 7 and 12
as amended by 2001 PA 250, and section 11 as amended by 1996 PA
590, and by adding sections 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,
100, 101, 103, 105, 107, 108, and 109; and to repeal acts and parts
of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
3. (1) "Candidate" means an individual :(a) who files who
meets 1 or more of the following criteria:
(a) Files a fee, an affidavit of incumbency, or a nominating
petition
for an elective office. ; (b) whose nomination
(b) Is nominated as a candidate for elective office by a
political party caucus or convention and the nomination is
certified
to the appropriate filing official. ; (c) who receives
(c) Receives a contribution, makes an expenditure, or gives
consent for another person to receive a contribution or make an
expenditure with a view to bringing about the individual's
nomination or election to an elective office, whether or not the
specific elective office for which the individual will seek
nomination or election is known at the time the contribution is
received
or the expenditure is made. ; or (d) who is
(d) Is an officeholder who is the subject of a recall vote.
Unless
(e) Holds an elective office, unless the officeholder is
constitutionally or legally barred from seeking reelection or fails
to file for reelection to that office by the applicable filing
deadline. ,
an elected officeholder shall be An
individual
described in this subdivision is considered to be a candidate for
reelection to that same office for the purposes of this act only.
For
purposes of sections 61 to 71, "candidate" only means, in
a
primary election, a candidate for the office of governor and, in
a
general election, a candidate for the office of governor or
lieutenant
governor. However, the candidates for the office of
governor
and lieutenant governor of the same political party in a
general
election shall be considered as 1 candidate.
(2) "Candidate committee" means the committee designated in a
candidate's filed statement of organization as that individual's
candidate committee. A candidate committee shall be under the
control and direction of the candidate named in the same statement
of
organization. Notwithstanding subsection (4) (5),
an individual
shall
form a candidate committee pursuant to under section 21 when
if the individual becomes a candidate under subsection (1).
(3) "Certified candidate" means a candidate seeking election
to the office of governor, state senator, or state representative
who chooses to participate under the public campaign law and who is
certified by the secretary of state under section 97.
(4) (3)
"Closing date" means the date through which a campaign
statement is required to be complete.
(5) (4)
"Committee" means a person who receives contributions
or makes expenditures for the purpose of influencing or attempting
to influence the action of the voters for or against the nomination
or election of a candidate, or the qualification, passage, or
defeat of a ballot question, if contributions received total
$500.00 or more in a calendar year or expenditures made total
$500.00 or more in a calendar year. An individual, other than a
candidate, does not constitute a committee. A person, other than a
committee registered under this act, making an expenditure to a
ballot
question committee, shall
not, for that reason, not
be
considered a committee for the purposes of this act unless the
person solicits or receives contributions for the purpose of making
an expenditure to that ballot question committee.
Sec. 5. (1) "Domestic dependent sovereign" means an Indian
tribe that has been acknowledged, recognized, restored, or
reaffirmed as an Indian tribe by the secretary of the interior
pursuant
to chapter 576, 48 Stat. 984, 25 U.S.C. 461 to 463, 464 to
465,
466 to 470, 471 to 472, 473, 474 to 475, 476 to 478, and 479,
commonly
referred to as the Indian reorganization act under the
Indian reorganization act, 25 USC 461 to 479, or has otherwise been
acknowledged by the United States government as an Indian tribe.
(2) "Election" means a primary, general, special, or millage
election held in this state or a convention or caucus of a
political party held in this state to nominate a candidate.
Election includes a recall vote.
(3) "Election cycle" means 1 of the following:
(a) For a general election, the period beginning the day
following the last general election in which the office appeared on
the ballot and ending on the day of the general election in which
the office next appears on the ballot.
(b) For a special election, the period beginning the day a
special general election is called or the date the office becomes
vacant, whichever is earlier, and ending on the day of the special
general election.
(4) "Elective office" means a public office filled by an
election. A person who is appointed to fill a vacancy in a public
office that is ordinarily elective holds an elective office.
Elective office does not include the office of precinct delegate.
Except for the purposes of sections 47, 54, and 55, elective office
does not include a school board member in a school district that
has a pupil membership of 2,400 or less enrolled on the most recent
pupil membership count day. However, elective office includes a
school board member in a school district that has a pupil
membership of 2,400 or less, if a candidate committee of a
candidate for the office of school board member in that school
district receives an amount in excess of $1,000.00 or expends an
amount in excess of $1,000.00. Elective office does not include a
federal office except for the purposes of section 57.
Sec. 7. (1) "Filed" means the receipt by the appropriate
filing official of a statement or report required to be filed under
this act.
(2) "Filer" means a person required to file a statement or
report under this act.
(3) "Filing official" means the official designated under this
act to receive required statements and reports.
(4) "Fund" means the public campaign fund established in
section 92.
(5) (4)
"Fund raising event" means an event such as a dinner,
reception, testimonial, rally, auction, or similar affair through
which contributions are solicited or received by purchase of a
ticket, payment of an attendance fee, making a donation, or
purchase of goods or services.
(6) "Funding law" means the public campaign funding law
alternative campaign finance provisions contained in sections 91 to
109.
(7) (5)
"Gift" means a payment, subscription, advance,
forbearance, rendering, or deposit of money, services, or anything
of value, unless consideration of equal or greater value is given
in exchange.
(8) (6)
"Honorarium" means a payment of money to a person
holding elective office as consideration for an appearance, a
speech, an article, or any activity related to or associated with
the performance of duties as an elected official. An honorarium
does not include any of the following:
(a) Reimbursement for the cost of transportation,
accommodations, or meals for the person.
(b) Wages, salaries, other employee compensation, and expenses
authorized to be paid by this state or a political subdivision of
this state to the person holding elective office.
(c) An award.
Sec. 10. (1) "Major political party" means a political party
qualified to have its name listed on the general election ballot
whose candidate for governor received 25% or more of the popular
vote cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. If only 1
political party received 25% or more of the popular vote cast for
governor in the preceding gubernatorial election, then the
political
party with the second highest vote shall be deemed is a
major political party.
(2) "Minor political party" means a political party qualified
to
have its name listed on the general election ballot but which
that does not qualify as a major political party.
(3) "Nominee" means an individual nominated to be a candidate.
(4) "Nonparticipating candidate" means a candidate seeking
election to the office of governor, state senator, or state
representative who is not a participating candidate.
Sec. 11. (1) "Participating candidate" means a candidate who
is seeking election to the office of governor, state senator, or
state representative, who chooses to participate under the funding
law, and who is seeking to be a certified candidate.
(2) (1)
"Person" means a business, individual, proprietorship,
firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, labor
organization, company, corporation, association, committee, or any
other organization or group of persons acting jointly.
(3) (2)
"Political committee" means a committee that is not a
candidate committee, political party committee, independent
committee, or ballot question committee.
(4) (3)
"Political merchandise" means goods such as bumper
stickers, pins, hats, beverages, literature, or other items sold by
a person at a fund raiser or to the general public for publicity or
for
the purpose of raising funds money to be used in supporting or
opposing a candidate for nomination for or election to an elective
office or in supporting or opposing the qualification, passage, or
defeat of a ballot question.
(5) (4)
"Political party" means a political party which that
has a right under law to have the names of its candidates listed on
the ballot in a general election.
(6) (5)
"Political party committee" means a state central,
district,
or county committee of a political party which that
is a
committee. Each state central committee shall designate the
official party county and district committees. There shall not be
more than 1 officially designated political party committee per
county and per congressional district.
(7) (6)
"Public body" means 1 or more of the following:
(a) A state agency, department, division, bureau, board,
commission, council, authority, or other body in the executive
branch of state government.
(b) The legislature or an agency, board, commission, or
council in the legislative branch of state government.
(c) A county, city, township, village, intercounty, intercity,
or regional governing body; a council, school district, special
district, or municipal corporation; or a board, department,
commission, or council or an agency of a board, department,
commission, or council.
(d) Any other body that is created by state or local authority
or is primarily funded by or through state or local authority,
which
if the body exercises governmental or proprietary
authority
or performs a governmental or proprietary function.
Sec.
12. (1) "Qualifying contribution" means a contribution of
money
made by a written instrument by an individual to the
candidate
committee of a candidate for the office of governor that
is
$100.00 or less and made after April 1 of the year preceding a
year
in which a governor is to be elected. Not more than $100.00 of
an
individual's total aggregate contribution may be used as a
qualifying
contribution in a calendar year. Qualifying contribution
does
not include a subscription, loan, advance, deposit of money,
in-kind
contribution or expenditure, or anything else of value
except
as prescribed in this act. Qualifying contribution does not
include
a contribution by an individual who resides outside of this
state.
For purposes of this subsection, an individual is considered
to
reside in this state if he or she is considered a resident of
this
state under the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1
to
168.992. that meets all of
the following criteria:
(a) Is in the amount of $5.00 in cash or in the form of a
check or money order made payable to the fund in support of a
participating candidate.
(b) Is made by a registered voter within the district from
which the participating candidate is seeking office.
(c) Is made during the designated qualifying period.
(d) Is obtained with the knowledge and approval of the
participating candidate.
(e) Is acknowledged by a written receipt that identifies the
name and address of the donor on forms provided by the secretary of
state.
(2) "Qualifying period" means 1 of the following, as
applicable:
(a) For a candidate for the office of governor, the qualifying
period begins January 1 of the election year and ends at 5 p.m. on
June 16 of the election year unless the candidate is without major
political party affiliation, in which case the period ends at 5
p.m. on July 31 of the election year.
(b) For a candidate for the office of state senator or state
representative, the qualifying period begins March 1 of the
election year and ends at 5 p.m. on June 16 of the election year
unless the candidate is without major political party affiliation,
in which case the period ends at 5 p.m. on July 31 of the election
year.
(3) "Seed money contribution" means a contribution made to a
candidate, including a contribution from the candidate or a member
of the candidate's immediate family, that meets 1 of the following
requirements, as applicable:
(a) For a candidate for the office of governor, is a
contribution of no more than $500.00 per individual.
(b) For a candidate for the office of state senator or state
representative, is a contribution of no more than $100.00 per
individual.
(4) (2)
"Senate political party caucus
committee" means an
independent committee established by a political party caucus of
the state senate under section 24a.
(5) (3)
"State elective office"
means a statewide elective
office or the office of state legislator.
(6) (4)
"Statewide elective
office" means the office of
governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, or attorney
general, justice of the supreme court, member of the state board of
education, regent of the university of Michigan, member of the
board of trustees of Michigan state university, or member of the
board of governors of Wayne state university.
Sec. 91. (1) This section and sections 92 to 109 shall be
known and may be cited as the "public campaign funding law".
(2) The public campaign funding law establishes an alternative
campaign financing option available to a certified candidate. This
alternative campaign financing option is available to a candidate
for an election for the office of governor, state senator, or state
representative held in this state after January 1, 2010.
(3) The secretary of state and the department of treasury
shall administer the public campaign funding law. The state
treasurer shall administer the fund under this act.
Sec. 92. (1) The public campaign fund is established to
finance the election campaigns of certified candidates. The fund
shall pay administrative costs of the departments of treasury and
state and enforcement costs of the department of state related to
the public campaign funding law.
(2) The fund is a special, dedicated, nonlapsing fund.
Interest generated by the fund is credited to the fund.
(3) The state treasurer shall deposit all of the following
into the fund:
(a) The qualifying contributions remaining unspent after a
candidate has been certified, when that money is submitted to the
state treasurer.
(b) Revenue under section 93.
(c) Seed money contributions remaining unspent after a
candidate has been certified, when that money is submitted to the
state treasurer.
(d) Money that was distributed to a certified candidate and
that remains unspent after the general election.
(e) Money that was distributed to a certified candidate and
that is unspent because the candidate does not remain a candidate
throughout the general election cycle.
(f) A voluntary donation made directly to the fund.
(g) A fine collected under section 108.
(4) On or before the September 1 immediately before an
election year, the secretary of state shall publish an estimate of
money in the fund available for distribution to certified
candidates during the upcoming year's elections.
Sec. 93. (1) An individual whose tax liability under the
income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.532, for a
taxable year is $3.00 or more may opt not to have $3.00 credited to
the fund. In the case of a joint return of husband and wife having
an income tax liability of $6.00 or more, each spouse may opt not
to have $3.00 credited to the fund. The state treasurer shall
credit to the fund $3.00 for each individual who does not exercise
his or her option.
(2) The tax designation authorized in this section shall be
clearly and unambiguously printed on the first page of the state
individual income tax return.
(3) An amount equal to the cumulative amounts credited under
subsection (1) each year shall be appropriated annually from the
general fund of this state to the fund to be available beginning
January 1 and continuing through December 31 of each election year.
Sec. 94. (1) To be eligible for certification, a participating
candidate shall meet both of the following requirements:
(a) He or she shall only collect and spend seed money
contributions during the qualifying period.
(b) He or she shall not make or cause an expenditure to be
made from private money deposited to his or her candidate committee
during the current election cycle and before filing a declaration
of intent under subsection (3).
(2) A certified candidate shall not collect or spend a seed
money contribution after certification.
(3) A participating candidate shall file a declaration of
intent to seek certification under section 97 and to comply with
the requirements of the public campaign funding law. Using forms
and procedures developed by the secretary of state, the candidate
shall file the declaration of intent with the secretary of state
before or during the qualifying period, except as otherwise
provided by rule for a special election, vacancy, recount,
withdrawal, or replacement. A participating candidate shall file a
declaration of intent before he or she collects seed money or a
qualifying contribution.
Sec. 95. (1) After becoming a candidate and before becoming a
certified candidate, a participating candidate shall not accept a
contribution except for a seed money contribution.
(2) A participating candidate shall limit the candidate's seed
money contributions to the following amounts, as applicable:
(a) For a candidate for the office of governor, $100,000.00.
(b) For a candidate for the office of state senator,
$10,000.00.
(c) For a candidate for the office of state representative,
$5,000.00.
(2) A participating candidate shall obtain qualifying
contributions during the qualifying period that meet the following
criteria, as appropriate:
(a) For a candidate for the office of governor, at least 5,000
verified registered voters of this state must support the candidacy
by providing a qualifying contribution to that candidate.
(b) For a candidate for the office of state senator, at least
500 verified registered voters from that senatorial district must
support the candidate by providing a qualifying contribution to
that candidate.
(c) For a candidate for the office of state representative, at
least 250 verified registered voters from that representative
district must support the candidate by providing a qualifying
contribution to that candidate.
(3) A payment, gift, or anything of value shall not be given
in exchange for a qualifying contribution.
Sec. 96. A participating candidate shall submit a qualifying
contribution and expenditure report to the secretary of state after
the qualifying period in compliance with rules promulgated by the
secretary of state.
Sec. 97. (1) Upon receipt of a qualifying contribution and
expenditure report by a participating candidate, the secretary of
state shall determine if the candidate has met all of the following
requirements for certification:
(a) Signed and filed a declaration of intent to participate
under the public campaign funding law.
(b) Submitted the appropriate number of valid qualifying
contributions.
(c) Did not accept contributions, except for seed money
contributions.
(d) Submitted the appropriate seed money contribution and
expenditure report required under section 94.
(e) Did not make or cause an expenditure to be made from
private money deposited in his or her candidate committee during
the current election cycle and before filing a declaration of
intent to participate under the funding law.
(f) Otherwise met the requirements for participation under the
public campaign funding law.
(2) The secretary of state shall certify a participating
candidate who complies with the requirements of this section as
soon as possible and no later than 3 days after the requirements of
subsection (1) are met. The secretary of state shall notify a
candidate who has not complied with the requirements of this
section that he or she is being denied certification and each
reason for that denial as soon as possible and no later than 3 days
after the submission of a qualifying contribution and expenditure
report.
(3) Upon certification or denial of certification, a candidate
shall promptly give to the secretary of state any unspent seed
money contributions. As soon as practical after receipt, the
secretary of state shall transmit all unspent seed money
contributions to the state treasurer for deposit into the fund.
Sec. 98. (1) A certified candidate shall limit the certified
candidate's campaign expenditures and obligations, including
outstanding obligations, to the money distributed to the certified
candidate from the fund. A certified candidate shall not accept a
contribution after the conclusion of the qualifying period unless
specifically authorized by the secretary of state.
(2) A certified candidate shall use the money under subsection
(1) only for campaign-related purposes. The secretary of state
shall publish procedures outlining permissible campaign-related
expenditures.
Sec. 99. (1) The secretary of state shall direct the state
treasurer to distribute to certified candidates money from the fund
in amounts determined under section 100 in the following manner:
(a) Within 3 days after certification, for candidates
certified before June 16 of the election year, money from the fund
shall be distributed as if the candidates are in an uncontested
primary election.
(b) Within 3 days after June 16 of the election year, for
primary election certified candidates, money from the fund shall be
distributed according to whether the candidate is in a contested or
uncontested primary election, reduced by any amounts previously
distributed under subdivision (a).
(c) Within 3 days after the primary election, for general
election certified candidates, money from the fund shall be
distributed according to whether the candidate is in a contested
general election. Money shall not be distributed to a candidate in
an uncontested general election.
(2) The state treasurer shall distribute money from the fund
to certified candidates under this section by a mechanism that is
expeditious, ensures accountability, and safeguards the integrity
of the fund.
Sec. 100. (1) On or before July 1, 2010, and on or before July
1 of each second year after 2010, the secretary of state shall
determine the amount of money to be distributed to each certified
candidate based upon the type of election and office as follows:
(a) For contested primary elections, the amount of money to be
distributed is the average amount of campaign expenditures made by
each candidate during all contested primary election races for the
2 primary elections immediately before the current primary
election, as reported in the initial filing period after the
primary election for the respective offices of governor, state
senator, and state representative.
(b) For uncontested primary elections, the amount of money
distributed is the average amount of campaign expenditures made by
each candidate during all uncontested primary election races, or
for contested races if that amount is lower, for the 2 primary
elections immediately before the current primary election, as
reported in the initial filing period after the primary election
for the respective offices of governor, state senator, and state
representative.
(c) For contested general elections, the amount of money
distributed is the average amount of campaign expenditures made by
each candidate during all contested general election races for the
2 general elections immediately before the current general election
as reported in the initial filing period after the general election
for the respective offices of governor, state senator, and state
representative.
(2) If the 2 election cycles immediately before the current
election cycle do not contain sufficient electoral data, the
secretary of state shall use information from the most recent
relevant elections.
Sec. 101. (1) The secretary of state shall review all of the
following to make the determination required by subsection (2):
(a) Each campaign statement filed by the candidate committee
of a certified candidate.
(b) All independent expenditure reports filed under section 51
that report an independent expenditure advocating the election of
the certified candidate or the defeat of the certified candidate's
opponents.
(c) All documents that show verifiable expenditures for
electioneering communications advocating the election of the
certified candidate or the defeat of the certified candidate's
opponents.
(2) From the documents reviewed under subsection (1), the
secretary of state shall determine whether the amount distributed
to each certified candidate under section 100 is less than the sum
of the following:
(a) The greater of the following:
(i) Total expenditures of the candidate committee of the
certified candidate, including, but not limited to, in-kind
expenditures.
(ii) Total contributions to the candidate committee of the
certified candidate, including, but not limited to, in-kind
contributions.
(b) Total debts and obligations owed by the committee of the
certified candidate.
(c) The total of all independent expenditures advocating the
election of the certified candidate or the defeat of the certified
candidate's opponents.
(3) If the secretary of state determines that the amount
distributed under section 100 has been exceeded as described in
subsection (2), the secretary of state shall immediately issue to
each opposing certified candidate an additional amount from the
fund, subject to subsection (6), equal to the excess.
(4) The secretary of state shall review all documents that
show either of the following made after the closing date of the
most recent preelection campaign statement of the candidate
committee of a certified candidate to make the determination under
subsection (5):
(a) A verifiable contribution to the certified candidate.
(b) A verifiable independent expenditure advocating the
election of the certified candidate or the defeat of the certified
candidate's opponents.
(5) From the documents reviewed under subsection (4), the
secretary of state shall determine whether the total of all
verifiable contributions and expenditures exceeds the total of all
of the following, and if so shall immediately issue to each
opposing certified candidate an additional amount from the fund,
subject to subsection (6), equal to the excess:
(a) Participating contributions to the certified candidate.
(b) Distributions to the certified candidate under section 100
and this section.
(6) An additional amount provided to an opposing certified
candidate under this section shall not exceed 3 times the amount
originally distributed under section 100.
Sec. 103. (1) A certified candidate or participating judicial
candidate shall report each contribution and expenditure,
obligation, and related activity to the secretary of state
according to procedures developed by the secretary of state. Upon
the filing of a final report after the general election, the
candidate shall return unspent money to the secretary of state for
deposit in the fund.
(2) In developing the procedures under subsection (1), the
secretary of state shall utilize existing campaign reporting
procedures, whenever practicable. The secretary of state shall
ensure timely public access to campaign finance data and shall
utilize electronic means of reporting and storing information. The
secretary of state shall develop and make available to a certified
or participating judicial candidate the necessary software for
filing the reports required under the public campaign funding law
by electronic means.
Sec. 105. (1) A candidate who is denied certification as a
certified candidate or the opponent of a candidate who is granted
certification as a certified candidate may challenge a
certification decision by the secretary of state. A challenge shall
be conducted in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) The challenger shall appeal to the secretary of state
within 3 days after the certification decision. The challenger
shall appeal in writing and shall state the reasons for the appeal.
(b) Within 5 days after an appeal is properly made and after
notice is given to the challenger and each opponent, the secretary
of state shall hold a hearing. The challenger has the burden of
providing evidence to demonstrate that the secretary of state's
decision was improper. The secretary of state shall rule on the
appeal within 3 days after the completion of the hearing.
(c) A challenger or candidate may appeal the decision of the
secretary of state under subdivision (b) by commencing an action in
the court of claims.
(d) A candidate whose determination by the secretary of state
as a certified candidate is revoked on appeal shall return to the
secretary of state the unspent money distributed from the fund.
(e) If the secretary of state or court of claims finds that an
appeal was made frivolously or to cause delay or hardship, the
secretary of state or court may require the moving party to pay
costs of the secretary of state, court, and each opposing party, if
any.
(2) The administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306,
MCL 24.201 to 24.328, applies to proceedings under this section.
Sec. 107. The secretary of state shall adopt rules under the
administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to
24.328, to ensure effective administration of the funding law. The
secretary of state shall adopt rules including, but not limited to,
procedures for all of the following:
(a) Obtaining qualifying contributions.
(b) Certification under section 97.
(c) Circumstances involving a special election, vacancy,
recount, withdrawal, or replacement.
(d) Collection of money for the fund.
(e) Distribution of money to a certified candidate.
(f) Return of an unspent fund disbursement.
(g) Compliance with the public campaign funding law.
Sec. 108. (1) A person who violates a provision of the public
campaign funding law is subject to a civil fine not to exceed
$10,000.00 per violation. This sanction is recoverable in a civil
action. A fine paid under this section shall be deposited in the
fund.
(2) In addition to a fine, for good cause shown, a certified
candidate found in violation of the public campaign funding law may
be required to reimburse the fund for money distributed to the
certified candidate from the fund.
(3) If the secretary of state makes a determination that a
violation of the public campaign funding law has occurred, the
secretary of state shall assess a fine and transmit the finding to
the attorney general for a decision regarding prosecution.
(4) A person who knowingly violates the public campaign
funding law or rules promulgated by the secretary of state or who
knowingly makes a false statement in a report required by the
public campaign funding law is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable,
if the person is an individual, by a fine of not more than
$1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, or,
if the person is not an individual, by a fine of not more than
$10,000.00. If the person described in this subsection is a
certified candidate, that person shall reimburse the fund the money
distributed to the certified candidate.
(5) The penalties and remedies under the public campaign
funding law are cumulative and independent and the use of penalties
or remedies, or both, under the public campaign funding law does
not prohibit the prosecution of, or an action to recover damages
for, conduct proscribed under the public campaign funding law or
another applicable law.
Sec. 109. On or before January 30, 2011, and on or before
January 30 in every second year after 2011, the secretary of state
shall prepare for the committees of both houses of the legislature
with jurisdiction over matters relating to campaigns and elections
a report documenting, evaluating, and making recommendations
relating to the administration, implementation, and enforcement of
the public campaign funding law and the fund.
Enacting section 1. Sections 61 to 69 of the Michigan campaign
finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.261 to 169.269, are repealed.