June 20, 2013, Introduced by Senator ROBERTSON and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled
"Michigan campaign finance act,"
(MCL 169.201 to 169.282) by adding section 18a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 18a. (1) A county may adopt an electronic filing and
internet disclosure system developed or approved by the secretary
of state that permits committees that are required to file
statements or reports under this act with the county to file those
statements or reports electronically and that provides internet
disclosure of electronically filed statements or reports on a
website. If the secretary of state develops an internet disclosure
system, the secretary of state shall not charge a county for the
software for that system.
(2) A county that adopts a system under subsection (1) may
require each committee that received or expended the threshold
amount set by the county as provided in this subsection in the
preceding calendar year or expects to receive or expend the
threshold amount set by the county in the current calendar year to
file campaign statements or reports electronically. A county shall
set the threshold under this subsection at $5,000.00 or $1,500.00.
(3) A county that adopts a system under subsection (1) shall
permit a committee to electronically file statements and reports
required under this act, as described in subsection (1), except an
original statement of organization, after the committee treasurer
and, for a candidate committee, the candidate has signed and filed
a form designed by the secretary of state to serve as the signature
verifying the accuracy and completeness of each statement or report
filed electronically.
(4) If a committee was not required to file a campaign
statement under subsection (2) only because it did not meet the
applicable threshold, but the committee later reaches that
threshold, the committee shall notify the county within 10 business
days after reaching that threshold and shall subsequently file
electronically all statements and reports required under this act.