Bill Text: MI HB5574 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections: petitions; duties of the secretary of state and the board of state canvassers regarding ballot initiative and constitutional amendment petitions; modify. Amends secs. 475 & 480 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.475 & 168.480).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-14 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/13/2024 [HB5574 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5574-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5574
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 475 and 480 (MCL 168.475 and 168.480), section 475 as amended by 2022 PA 40 and section 480 as amended by 2012 PA 276.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 475. (1) Upon the filing of a petition under this chapter, the secretary of state shall immediately notify the board of state canvassers of the filing of the petition. The notification must be by first-class mail. In addition, upon the filing of a petition under this chapter, the secretary of state shall within 2 business days post on the department of state's website a summary of the proposed amendment or question proposed and the date the petition was filed with the secretary of state. If a summary of the purpose of the proposed amendment or question presented was submitted to and approved by the board of state canvassers under section 482b, that approved summary must be used as the summary posted on the department of state's website as required under this subsection. At least once every 30 days, after the date the petition was filed, the secretary of state shall post on the department of state's website an update on the status of that petition.
(2) After the day on which a petition under this chapter is filed, the secretary of state shall must not accept further filings of that petition to supplement the original filing.
Sec. 480. If a proposed constitutional amendment or other special question is to be submitted to the electors of this state for popular vote, the secretary of state shall, must, not less than 60 65 days before the date of the election at which the proposed constitutional amendment or other special question is to be submitted, certify the statement of the purpose for designation on the ballot to the clerk of each county in this state, together with the form in which the constitutional amendment or other special questions shall must be printed on the ballot. The As soon as possible after the certification by the board of state canvassers, the secretary of state shall also furnish to the county, city, and township clerks in this state 2 copies 1 copy of the text of each constitutional amendment or other special question and 2 copies 1 copy of each statement for each voting precinct in their the respective counties. Each county clerk shall furnish the copies of the statement to the township and city clerks in his or her county at the time other supplies for the election are furnished. jurisdictions. Each township or city clerk shall, before the opening of the polls on election day, deliver the copies a copy of the text and statement to which each voting precinct in his or her the clerk's township or city is entitled to the board of election inspectors of the precinct, who and the board of election inspectors shall post the same copy of the text and statement in conspicuous places in the room where the election is held.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint Resolution P (request no. 05032'23 a) of the 102nd Legislature becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963.
