Bill Text: MI HB4434 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; candidates; residency requirement for state senate and state representative candidates; modify. Amends sec. 161 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.161). TIE BAR WITH: HJR P'13
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Printed Bill Filed 03/13/2013 [HB4434 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB4434-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4434
March 12, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Brinks, Ananich, LaVoy, Faris, Smiley, Knezek, Brunner, Brown, Segal, Barnett, Hovey-Wright, Roberts, Banks, McCann, Townsend, Dillon, Switalski, Yanez, Kosowski, Hobbs, Driskell, Tlaib, Lamonte, Cavanagh, Kandrevas, Schor, Slavens, Lipton and Abed and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 161 (MCL 168.161), as amended by 1999 PA 218.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
161. (1) A person shall is
not be eligible to for the
office of state senator or representative unless the person is a
citizen of the United States and a registered and qualified elector
of
the district he or she represents by for at least 60 days prior
to
the filing deadline, as provided in
section 7 of article 4 IV of
the state constitution of 1963.
(2) A person who has been convicted of a violation of section
12a(1)
of 1941 PA 370, MCL 38.412a, shall is not be eligible to
for
the office of state senator or representative for a period of 20
years after conviction.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint Resolution P
(request no. 01804'13 a) of the 97th Legislature becomes a part of
the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article
XII of the state constitution of 1963.
