Bill Text: MI HB5575 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Elections: petitions; ballot initiative and constitutional amendment petition filing deadlines; modify, and modify petition signature requirements. Amends sec. 471 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.471). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5571'24, HB 5573'24
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-26 - Referred To Committee On Elections And Ethics [HB5575 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5575-Engrossed.html
Substitute For
HOUSE BILL NO. 5575
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 471 (MCL 168.471), as amended by 2018 PA 608; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 471. Petitions under section 2 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963 proposing an amendment to the constitution must be filed with the secretary of state at least 120 days before the election at which the proposed constitutional amendment is to would be voted upon. Initiative petitions on. A petition to initiate a law under section 9 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 must be filed with the secretary of state at least 160 days before the election at which the proposed law would appear on the ballot if the legislature rejects or fails to enact the proposed law. Referendum petitions under section 9 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 must be filed with the secretary of state not more than 90 days following the final adjournment of the legislative session at which the law that is the subject of to the referendum was enacted. Not more than 15% of the signatures to be used to determine the validity of a petition described in this section shall be of registered electors from any 1 congressional district. Any signature submitted on a petition above the limit described in this section must not be counted. When filing a petition described in this section with the secretary of state, a person must sort the petition so that the petition signatures are categorized by congressional district. In addition, when filing a petition described in this section with the secretary of state, the person who files the petition must state in writing a good-faith estimate of the number of petition signatures from each congressional district.the petitioner must state in writing that the petitioner has made a good-faith effort to sort the petitions based on the number of signatures contained on each petition sheet and that the petitioner is submitting at least the minimum number of required petition signatures.
Enacting section 1. Section 472 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.472, is repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 102nd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 5571.
(b) House Bill No. 5573.
