Bill Text: MI HB4656 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Elections; campaign practices; prohibition for politicians' names to be attached to certain election-related materials sent to voters; provide for. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 931a.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - Assigned Pa 280'12 [HB4656 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB4656-Chaptered.html
Act No. 280
Public Acts of 2012
Approved by the Governor
June 26, 2012
Filed with the Secretary of State
July 3, 2012
EFFECTIVE DATE: 91st day after final adjournment of 2012 Regular Session
STATE OF MICHIGAN
96TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
Introduced by Reps. Forlini, Lane and Liss
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4656
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,” (MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 931a.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 931a. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the name of an elected or appointed official of this state or a political subdivision of this state shall not appear on any ballot-related material that is provided to an elector. As used in this section, “ballot-related material” includes any of the following:
(a) Any material provided to an elector with an absent voter ballot.
(b) Absent voter ballot instructions.
(c) An envelope used to mail to an elector an absent voter ballot or any other ballot material.
(d) An absent voter ballot return envelope.
(2) Any ballot-related material printed or prepared before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section that contains the name of an elected or appointed official of this state or a political subdivision of this state may be used if the elected or appointed official whose name appears on the ballot-related materials is not a candidate at the election in which those ballot-related materials are being used.
(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00 for a first offense and is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $250.00 for a second or subsequent offense.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
