Bill Text: MI HB5378 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Campaign finance; campaign practices; telephonic communications; require disclosure stating who is paying for call. Amends 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.201 - 169.282) by adding sec. 48.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-22 - Printed Bill Filed 09/18/2009 [HB5378 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5378-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5378

 

September 17, 2009, Introduced by Rep. DeShazor and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled

 

"Michigan campaign finance act,"

 

(MCL 169.201 to 169.282) by adding section 48.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 48. (1) A telephonic communication with an elector that

 

relates to a candidate shall clearly state the identity of the

 

person paying for the communication. If the communication described

 

in this subsection is an independent expenditure not authorized in

 

writing by a candidate's candidate committee, the communication

 

shall clearly state the following disclaimer: "Not authorized by a

 

candidate committee". If the communication described in this

 

subsection is not an independent expenditure, but is paid for by a

 

person other than the candidate to whom it is related, the

 

communication shall clearly state the following disclaimer:

 

"Authorized by (name of candidate or name of candidate committee)".

 

     (2) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of

 

a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00.