Michigan Compiled Laws Act 288 Of 2008 Legal Defense Fund Act (15.521 - 15.539)

AN ACT to regulate and to require certain reports to be filed that document contributions for purposes of defending an elected official in a criminal, civil, or administrative action; to regulate contributions made for purposes of defending an elected official in a criminal, civil, or administrative action; to prescribe certain powers and duties of the secretary of state as to legal defense funds; and to prescribe criminal penalties and civil sanctions.

History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008

Section 15.521 Short Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "legal defense fund act". History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
Section 15.523 Definitions.
As used in this act: (a) "Contribution" means a payment, gift, subscription, assessment, expenditure, contract, payment for services, dues, advance, forbearance, loan, or donation...
Section 15.525 Statement Of Organization; Filing; Information; Amended Statement; Late Filing Fee; Failure To File Statement; Dissolution.
(1) An elected official who is the beneficiary of a legal defense fund shall file a statement of organization with the secretary of state...
Section 15.527 Transaction Report.
(1) From the earlier of the date that a legal defense fund receives its first contribution or makes its first expenditure of a contribution...
Section 15.529 Transaction Report; Late Filing Fee; Failure To File Or Filing Incomplete Transaction Report As Misdemeanor; Penalty.
(1) If a report required by section 7 is filed late, the legal defense fund or the elected official shall pay a late filing...
Section 15.531 Statement Or Report; Availability; Reasonable Charge; Use For Commercial Purpose Prohibited; Preservation; Filing Fee; Determination Of Compliance With Filing Requirements; Notice Of Error Or Omission; Corrections; Report Of Uncorrected Error Or Omission Or Failure To File; Filing Date.
(1) The secretary of state shall make a statement or report required to be filed under this act available for public inspection and reproduction,...
Section 15.533 Contributions.
(1) An elected official, or a person on behalf of an elected official, shall not solicit or accept a contribution for the purpose of...
Section 15.535 Expenditures; Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty.
(1) Except for expenditures upon dissolution that are made as prescribed in section 5 or as provided for an anonymous contribution under section 13,...
Section 15.537 Scope Of Act; Applicability.
This act applies to any contribution made, received, or expended after the effective date of this act and to any contribution received before the...
Section 15.539 Rules; Declaratory Rulings.
The secretary of state may promulgate rules to implement this act and may issue declaratory rulings pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969,...

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