SB-0455, As Passed Senate, April 30, 2009
April 22, 2009, Introduced by Senator BROWN and referred to the Committee on Campaign and Election Oversight.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 866 (MCL 168.866).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
866. (1) Such petitions for recount, be such Except as
otherwise provided in subsection (2), recount petitions, either for
an
office or proposition, other than those filed with the state
board of state canvassers, shall be filed with the clerk of the
board of canvassers, which board originally conducted the canvass.
(2) For a school district election, recount petitions, either
for an office or proposition, shall be filed with the clerk of the
board of canvassers, which board certified the result of the school
district election.
(3)
In all cases, such Recount petitions
shall be filed within
6 days after the original canvass has been completed by the county,
city, township, village, or district board of canvassers. A copy of
any
such the recount petition shall also be filed with the
secretary of state within 2 days after the time the original
recount petition is filed with the board of county canvassers as
provided
in this section. In case If
the office or proposition in
question
be is a city, ward, township, village, or
district office
or
proposition, a copy of such the
recount petition shall not be
filed with the secretary of state, but a copy shall be transmitted
within 24 hours to the clerk of the board of county canvassers by
the appropriate local clerk if the recount fee has been paid.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 129.
(b) Senate Bill No. 130.