HB-4385, As Passed House, April 16, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4385

 

March 24, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Jacobsen and referred to the Committee on Elections.

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

by amending section 322 (MCL 168.322), as amended by 2012 PA 276.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 322. Until December 31, 2013, for the name of a candidate

 

for a city office, including a ward office, to appear on the

 

official February primary election ballots for use in the city, a

 

nominating petition shall be filed with the city clerk not later

 

than 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the February primary.

 

Beginning January 1, 2014, for the name of a candidate for a city

 

office, including a ward office, to appear on the official February

 

primary election ballots for use in the city, a nominating petition

 

shall be filed with the city clerk not later than 4 p.m. on the

 

fifteenth Tuesday before the February primary. Until December 31,

 

2013, if a charter provides for nomination by caucus or by filing a


 

petition or affidavit directly for the May election, the candidate

 

filing deadline or certification deadline shall be 4 p.m. on the

 

twelfth Tuesday before the May election. Beginning January 1, 2014,

 

if If a charter provides for nomination by caucus or by filing a

 

petition or affidavit directly for the May election, the candidate

 

filing deadline or certification deadline shall be is 4 p.m. on the

 

fifteenth Tuesday before the May election.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) House Bill No. 4271.

 

     (b) House Bill No. 4272.

 

     (c) House Bill No. 4273.

 

     (d) House Bill No. 4274.

 

     (e) House Bill No. 4276.