HB-4748, As Passed House, May 30, 2018

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4748

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

"Michigan election law,"

by amending section 349 (MCL 168.349), as amended by 2012 PA 276.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 349. (1) To obtain the printing of the name of a person

as a candidate for nomination by a political party for a township

office under the particular party heading upon the official primary

ballots, there shall must be filed with the township clerk

nominating petitions signed by a number of qualified and registered

electors residing within the township as determined under section

544f. Nominating petitions shall must be in the form prescribed in

section 544c. Until December 31, 2013, the township clerk shall

receive nominating petitions up to 4 p.m. of the twelfth Tuesday

before the August primary. Beginning January 1, 2014, the The

township clerk shall receive nominating petitions up to 4 p.m. of

the fifteenth Tuesday before the August primary.

     (2) To obtain the printing of the name of a candidate of a

political party under the particular party's heading upon the

primary election ballots in the various voting precincts of the

township, there may be filed by the candidate, in lieu of filing

nominating petitions, a nonrefundable filing fee of $100.00 to be

paid to the township clerk. Payment of the fee and certification of

the candidate's name paying the fee are governed by the same

provisions as in the case of nominating petitions. The fee must be

deposited in the general fund of the township.

(3) (2) Within 4 days after the last day for filing nominating

petitions or a nonrefundable filing fee, the township clerk shall

deliver to the county clerk a list setting forth the name, address,

and political affiliation and office sought of each candidate who

has qualified for a position on the primary ballot.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

enacted into law:

     (a) House Bill No. 4745.

     (b) House Bill No. 4747.

     (c) House Bill No. 4749.

     (d) House Bill No. 4750.

     (e) House Bill No. 4809.

     (f) House Bill No. 4810.