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• 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, the ...
• 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 to ...
• Definitions; C - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.203
  (1) "Candidate" means an individual: (a) who files a fee, affidavit of incumbency, or nominating petition for an elective office; (b) whose nomination as a ...
• Definitions; C - 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 ascertainable ...
• 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 the ...
• "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 facilities ...
• 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" means ...
• 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 24a. ...
• Definitions; I To L - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.209
  (1) "Incidental expense" means an expenditure that is an ordinary and necessary expense, as described in section 162 of the internal revenue code of 1986, ...
• 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 25% ...
• Definitions; P - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.211
  (1) "Person" means a business, individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, labor organization, company, corporation, association, committee, or any other organization or ...
• 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 the ...
• Duties Of Secretary Of State; Issuance, Extension, And Annual Summary Of Declaratory Rulings; Issuance And Annual Summary Of Interpretive Statements; Filing, Contents, And Form Of Complaint; Investigations; 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, appropriate ...
• 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 as ...
• 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 fee ...
• Electronic Filing And Internet Disclosure System - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.218
  (2) The secretary of state shall offer each committee required to file with the secretary of state the option of filing campaign statements or reports ...
• 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, affidavit ...
• 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 1 ...
• Expenditure For Incidental Expense By Candidate Committee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.221a
  A candidate committee of a candidate who is elected or appointed to an elective office may make an expenditure for an incidental expense for ...
• 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 statement ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 Section 169.225a
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to requirements for committee licensed and conducting event pursuant to bingo act. ...
• 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: (a) ...
• 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 committee ...
• 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 of ...
• Contributions Prohibited Under S 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 section ...
• 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, or ...
• Report Of Late Contributions; Late Filing Fee; "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 late ...
• Campaign Statements; Filing Schedule; Report; Late Filing Fee; Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty; Prohibitions; Filing Incomplete Or Inaccurate Statement Or Report; Civil Fine - 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 candidate ...
• 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 statement, ...
• 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 political ...
• 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 act ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 will ...
• 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 in ...
• 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; Rules; Exemptions; Statement That Payment Made "With Regulated Funds"; Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.247
  (2) A radio or television paid advertisement having reference to an election, a candidate, or a ballot question shall identify the sponsoring person as required ...
• Repealed. 1999, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.249
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the officeholder expense fund. ...
• 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 party ...
• 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 in ...
• 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 course ...
• Segregated Fund For Political Purposes; Establishment By Corporation, Joint Stock Company, Domestic Dependent Sovereign, Or Labor Organization; Limitations; Solicitation Of Contributions; Prohibited Practices; Violation; Penalty; 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 under ...
• 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; Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.257
  (1) A public body or an individual acting for a public body shall not use or authorize the use of funds, personnel, office space, computer ...
• State Campaign Fund; Creation; Administration; Tax Designation; Appropriation; Distribution Of Money; Transfer To General Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 169.261
  (2) An individual whose tax liability under the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.532, for a taxable year is ...
• 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 SS 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 moneys ...
• 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 alphabetical ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 election. ...
• 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 in ...
• 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 1 ...
• 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 to, ...
• 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 contributions ...
• 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 will ...
• Repeal Of SS 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 Compiled ...
• 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 S 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 filing ...

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