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- Repealed - Campaign Financing and Advertising (169.1 - 169.200) - Mich. Comp. Laws
- Short Title; Meanings of Words and Phrases - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.201
(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan campaign finance act". (2) Except as otherwise defined in this act,...
- Definitions; A, B - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.202
(1) "Award" means a plaque, trophy, certificate, bust, ceremonial gavel, or memento. (2) "Ballot question" means a question that is submitted or is intended...
- Definitions; C - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.203
(1) "Candidate" means an individual who meets 1 or more of the following criteria: (a) Files a fee, an affidavit of incumbency, or a...
- "Contribution" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.204
(1) "Contribution" means a payment, gift, subscription, assessment, expenditure, contract, payment for services, dues, advance, forbearance, loan, or donation of money or anything of...
- Definitions; D, E - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.205
(1) "Domestic dependent sovereign" means an Indian tribe that has been acknowledged, recognized, restored, or reaffirmed as an Indian tribe by the secretary of...
- "expenditure" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.206
(1) "Expenditure" means a payment, donation, loan, or promise of payment of money or anything of ascertainable monetary value for goods, materials, services, or...
- Definitions; F to H - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.207
(1) "Filed" means the receipt by the appropriate filing official of a statement or report required to be filed under this act. (2) "Filer"...
- Definitions; H, I - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.208
(1) "House political party caucus committee" means an independent committee established by a political party caucus of the state house of representatives under section...
- Definitions; I to L - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.209
(1) "Incidental expense" means an expenditure that is an ordinary and necessary expense, paid or incurred in carrying out the business of an elective...
- Definitions; M to N - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.210
(1) "Major political party" means a political party qualified to have its name listed on the general election ballot whose candidate for governor received...
- Definitions; P - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.211
(1) "Payroll deduction plan" means any system in which an employer deducts any amount of money from the wages, earnings, or compensation of an...
- Definitions; Q to S - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.212
(1) "Qualifying contribution" means a contribution of money made by a written instrument by an individual to the candidate committee of a candidate for...
- Duties of Secretary of State; Declaratory Rulings and Interpretive Statements; Filing, Contents, and Form of Complaint; Investigations; Referral of Matter to Attorney General; Posting of Complaint, Response, or Rebuttal Statement on Website; Informal Methods of Conference, Conciliation, or Persuasion; Conciliation Agreement as Bar to Further Action; Enforcement of Criminal Penalty; Hearing; Order; Judicial Review; Civil Fine and Other Sanctions; Waiver of Campaign Statement Filing; Duties of County Clerk - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.215
(1) The secretary of state shall do all of the following: (a) Make available through his or her offices, and furnish to county clerks,...
- Statement or Report; Public Inspection; Reproduction; Copy; Prohibited Use; Preservation; Disposal; Late Filing Fee; Compliance; Notice; Corrections; Report of Errors or Omissions; Deadline for Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.216
(1) A filing official shall make a statement or report required to be filed under this act available for public inspection and reproduction, commencing...
- Payment of Late Filing Fee; Disposition of Late Filing Fees and Copying Charges; Unpaid Filing Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.217
(1) A person paying a late filing fee as a result of that person's failure to file a statement or report shall pay that...
- Electronic Filing and Internet Disclosure System - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.218
(1) The secretary of state shall develop and implement an electronic filing and internet disclosure system that permits committees that are required to file...
- Individual Not Considered Candidate; Individual Receiving Votes Solely by Write - in Method as Candidate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.220
(1) An individual shall not be considered to be a candidate if the individual has done any of the following: (a) Filed a fee,...
- Candidate Committee or Committee Other Than Candidate Committee; Treasurer; Service of Process; Official Depository for Contributions; Secondary Depositories; Requirements for Accepting Contributions or Making Expenditures; Vacancy in Office of Treasurer; Authorizing Expenditure; Contributions or Expenditures Considered Received or Made by Candidate Committee; Reporting Contributions; Commingling Prohibited; Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.221
(1) A candidate, within 10 days after becoming a candidate, shall form a candidate committee. A person who is a candidate for more than...
- Expenditure for Incidental Expense by Candidate Committee; Legal Costs; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.221a
(1) A candidate committee of a candidate who is elected or appointed to an elective office may make an expenditure for an incidental expense...
- Duties of Committee Treasurer or Other Designated Individual; Preservation and Inspection of Committee Records; Violation; Civil Fine - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.222
A committee treasurer or other individual designated on the statement of organization as responsible for the committee's record keeping, report preparation, or report filing...
- Rules for Withdrawal of Funds; Limitation on Single Expenditure From Petty Cash Fund; Violation; Civil Fine - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.223
Subject to section 15, the secretary of state shall promulgate rules for the withdrawal of funds from a committee account for petty cash expenditures...
- Statement of Organization; Time for Filing; Late Filing Fee; Violation as Misdemeanor; Contents of Statement; Name of Sponsor; Amendment; Statement as to Receipts or Expenditures; Filing Statement Indicating Dissolution of Committee; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.224
(1) A committee shall file a statement of organization with the filing officials designated in section 36 to receive the committee's campaign statements. A...
- House Political Party Caucus Committee; Senate Political Party Caucus Committee; Limitation; Dissolution of Independent Committees; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.224a
(1) A political party caucus of the state house of representatives may maintain 1 house political party caucus committee. A political party caucus of...
- Campaign Statement; Filing; Period Covered - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.225
A committee supporting or opposing a candidate or the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question shall file a legibly printed or typed...
- Repealed. 1999, Act 237, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000. - Mich. Comp. Laws
- Campaign Statement of Committee Other Than Political Party Committee; Contents; Report; List of Expenditures; Bundled Contribution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.226
(1) A campaign statement of a committee, other than a political party committee, required by this act shall contain all of the following information:...
- Interest; Loans; Certified Statement to Accompany Campaign Statement Reporting Certain Contributions; Applicability of Subsection (3) - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.228
(1) Interest received by a committee on an account consisting of funds belonging to the committee shall not be considered a contribution to the...
- Campaign Statement Filed by Political Party Committee; Contents; Identification of Expenditure; Designation of Contribution to Candidate Committee or Ballot Question Committee; Designation of Independent Expenditure; Apportionment of Expenditure; List of Expenditures - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.229
(1) A campaign statement filed by a political party committee shall contain all of the following information: (a) The full name and street address...
- Contributions Prohibited Under Mcl 432.207b - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.230
(1) A committee shall not knowingly maintain receipt of a contribution from a person prohibited from making a contribution during the prohibited period under...
- Contributions or Expenditures Controlled by Another Person; Bundled Contribution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.231
(1) A contribution that is controlled by, or made at the direction of, another person, including a parent organization, subsidiary, division, committee, department, branch,...
- Report of Late Contributions; Late Filing Fee; Subsection (5) Retroactive to January 1, 2010; "late Contribution" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.232
(1) A committee, candidate, treasurer, or other individual designated as responsible for the committee's record keeping, record preparation, or report filing shall report a...
- Campaign Statements; Filing Schedule; Report; Late Filing Fee; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Prohibitions; Filing Incomplete or Inaccurate Statement or Report; Civil Fine; Violation as Felony; Seizure and Forfeiture of Money; Inventory Statement of Money Seized; Notice; Hearing; Decision; Appeal; Commencement of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.233
(1) A committee, other than an independent committee or a political committee required to file with the secretary of state, supporting or opposing a...
- Information to Be Included With Contribution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.233a
A political committee, independent committee, or political party committee that makes a contribution to a candidate or ballot question committee shall include with the...
- Campaign Statement of Ballot Question Committee; Filing Schedule; Late Filing Fees; Failure to File Statement as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Filing Incomplete or Inaccurate Statement or Report; Civil Fine - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.234
(1) A ballot question committee shall file a campaign statement as required by this act according to the following schedule: (a) A preelection campaign...
- Additional Campaign Statement; Filing; Deadline; Period Covered; Waiver; Exception; Late Filing Fees; Receipts or Expenditures Subjecting Committee to Campaign Filing Requirements; Failure to File as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Filing Incomplete or Inaccurate Statement or Report; Civil Fine - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.235
(1) In addition to any other requirements of this act for filing a campaign statement, a committee, other than an independent committee or a...
- Filing Copies of Campaign Statements With Secretary of State and County Clerks; Availability to Public - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.236
(1) A candidate committee for a state elective office or a judicial office shall file a copy of the campaign statement required under this...
- Campaign Statement; Signing; Verification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.237
A campaign statement filed by a committee shall be signed by the committee treasurer or other individual designated as responsible for the record keeping,...
- Campaign Statement; Period Covered - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.238
A campaign statement shall cover the period beginning the day after the closing date of the last campaign statement and ending on the closing...
- Single Contribution of $20.00 or Expenditure of $50.00; Written Instrument; Anonymous Contribution; Contribution in Name of Another; Violations; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.241
(1) A person shall not make or accept a single contribution of more than $20.00 in cash or make or accept a single expenditure...
- Acceptance of Contribution by Intermediary or Agent; Disclosure; Requirements as to Certain Contributions; Requirements as to Contribution From Person Other Than Committee; Out - of - State Contributions Made on Automatic Basis; Violations; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.242
(1) A person who accepts a contribution, other than by written instrument, on behalf of another and acts as the intermediary or agent of...
- Expenditure by Agent or Independent Contractor; Requirements; Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.243
An expenditure shall not be made, other than for overhead or normal operating expenses, by an agent or an independent contractor, including an advertising...
- Prohibited Contributions or Expenditures; Delivery or Return of Contribution; Joint Fund - Raiser; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.244
(1) A contribution shall not be made by a person to another person with the agreement or arrangement that the person receiving the contribution...
- Transfer of Unexpended Funds; Funds Transferred Not Considered Qualifying Contribution; Disbursement of Funds Ineligible for Transfer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.245
(1) A person may transfer any unexpended funds from 1 candidate committee to another candidate committee of that person if the contribution limits prescribed...
- Adjustments to Dollar Value Contribution Limits; Dollar Value Floor for Reporting; Recommendations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.246
At the beginning of every odd numbered year, the secretary of state shall recommend adjustments to and which shall be approved by the legislature...
- Printed Matter or Radio or Television Paid Advertisement Having Reference to Election, Candidate, or Ballot Question; Names and Addresses; Size and Placement of Identification or Disclaimer; Rules; Exemptions; Statement That Payment Made "with Regulated Funds"; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.247
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subject to subsections (3) and (4), a billboard, placard, poster, pamphlet, or other printed matter...
- Repealed. 1999, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000. - Mich. Comp. Laws
- Acceptance of Honorarium by Legislator Prohibited; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.250
A legislator shall not accept an honorarium. A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of...
- Independent Expenditure of $100.01 or More; Report; Copies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.251
A person, other than a committee, who makes an independent expenditure, advocating the election of a candidate or the defeat of a candidate's opponents...
- Limitations on Contributions; Exemption of Contribution From Candidate's Immediate Family; Contribution for Particular Election Cycle; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Contributions Made by Political or Independent Committees Established by Corporation, Joint Stock Company, Domestic Dependent Sovereign, or Labor Organization; Bundled Contributions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.252
(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) or (11) and subject to subsection (8), a person other than an independent committee or a political...
- Contribution to House Political Party Caucus Committee or Senate Political Party Caucus Committee; Limitation; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.252a
(1) A person shall not make contributions to a house political party caucus committee or a senate political party caucus committee that exceed $20,000.00...
- Contribution or Expenditure by Dependent Minor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.253
For the purposes of sections 49 to 53 a contribution or expenditure by a dependent minor shall be reported in the name of the...
- Contributions, Expenditures, or Volunteer Personal Services by Corporation, Joint Stock Company, Domestic Dependent Sovereign, or Labor Organization, or by Persons Acting for Corporation, Joint Stock Company, Domestic Dependent Sovereign, or Labor Organization; Independent Expenditures as to Ballot Questions; Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.254
(1) Except with respect to the exceptions and conditions in subsections (2) and (3) and section 55, and to loans made in the ordinary...
- Segregated Fund for Political Purposes; Establishment by Corporation, Joint Stock Company, Domestic Dependent Sovereign, or Labor Organization; Limitations; Solicitation of Contributions; Prohibited Practices; Penalty; Violation; Civil Fine - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.255
(1) A corporation organized on a for profit or nonprofit basis, a joint stock company, a domestic dependent sovereign, or a labor organization formed...
- Ordinance or Resolution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.256
A county, city, township, village, or school district may not adopt an ordinance or resolution that is more restrictive than the provisions contained in...
- Contributions, Expenditures, or Volunteer Personal Services; Prohibitions; Civil Action; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.257
(1) A public body or a person acting for a public body shall not use or authorize the use of funds, personnel, office space,...
- State Campaign Fund; Creation; Administration; Tax Designation; Appropriation; Distribution of Money; Transfer to General Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.261
(1) The state campaign fund is hereby created. The state treasurer shall administer the state campaign fund in accordance with this act. (2) An...
- Candidates Eligible to Receive Moneys; Moneys to Be Spent and Reported by Candidate Committee; Filing Statement of Organization as Condition to Receiving Moneys From State Campaign Fund; Exemption From Mcl 169.261 to 169.271 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.262
(1) Only a candidate who established a single candidate committee which submitted a statement of organization according to procedures established by law may receive...
- Record of Candidate's Certified Statements of Qualifying Contributions; Contents of Statement; Notice of Qualification to Receive Moneys; Application for Moneys; Determination of Amount; Forwarding Information and Application to State Treasurer; Issuance of Warrant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.263
(1) The secretary of state shall receive and keep a record of each candidate's certified statements of qualifying contributions. A statement shall include in...
- Payments to Candidates in Primary Election; Requirements; Return of Funds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.264
(1) A candidate in a primary election may obtain funds from the state campaign fund in an amount equal to $2.00 for each $1.00...
- Nominees Entitled to Receive Funds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.265
(1) A major political party nominee is entitled to an amount from the state campaign fund of not more than $1,125,000.00 for a general...
- Application of Funds Against Qualified Campaign Expenditures; "qualified Campaign Expenditure" Defined; Separate Account for Funds Received; Payment of Qualified Expenditures; Disposition of Unexpended Balance; Use of Payment for Expenditures in Subsequent Election Prohibited; Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.266
(1) A candidate may only apply the funds received under this act from the state campaign fund against qualified campaign expenditures. (2) As used...
- Limitations on Expenditures; Exceptions; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Prohibitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.267
(1) Expenditures made by a candidate committee to further the nomination or election of a candidate may not exceed $2,000,000.00 in the aggregate for...
- Debt Limitation; Violation; Penalty; Prohibitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.268
(1) A debt for goods, services, materials, facilities, or anything of value in furtherance of, or in opposition to, the nomination for, or election...
- Limitations on Contributions; Determination of Election Cycle Beginning and Ending; Notices; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Bundled Contributions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.269
(1) Except as provided in subsection (6) or (10), a person other than an independent committee or a political party committee shall not make...
- Reporting Contribution or Expenditure Controlled or Directed by Another Person - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.270
A contribution or expenditure which is controlled by, or made at the direction of, another person, including a parent organization, subsidiary, division, committee, department,...
- Prohibited Contributions; Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.271
(1) A contribution shall not be made by a person to another person with the agreement or arrangement that the person receiving the contribution...
- Repeal of Mcl 168.901 to 168.929; Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.281
(1) Sections 901 to 929 of Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being sections 168.901 to 168.929 of the...
- Application of Penalty Provisions; Payment of Late Filing Fee; Expenditure of $200.00 or More as Contribution to Ballot Question Committee; Penalty or Late Filing Fee; Effective Date of Mcl 169.235 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.282
(1) The penalty provisions of this act shall not apply to an act or omission occurring before December 1, 1977 except that a late...
Last modified: March 17, 2013
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