Act No. 44

Public Acts of 2010

Approved by the Governor

March 31, 2010

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 31, 2010

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 2010

STATE OF MICHIGAN

95TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

Introduced by Senator McManus

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1095

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 644e (MCL 168.644e), as amended by 2003 PA 302.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 644e. Except as provided in section 642, an officer required to be elected at the odd year general election shall be nominated at the odd year primary election. If a charter provides for nomination by caucus or by filing a petition or affidavit directly for the general election, the candidate filing deadline or certification deadline shall be 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the odd year general election. If a charter provides for the election at the primary of a candidate who receives more than 50% of the votes cast for that office, the candidate filing deadline or certification deadline shall be 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the primary.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor