Bill Text: MI SB0033 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Campaign finance; campaign practices; automated campaign telephone calls; require to identify who paid for call. Amends 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.201 - 169.282) by adding sec. 48.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-16 - Referred To Committee On Local Government And Elections [SB0033 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0033-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 33
January 16, 2013, Introduced by Senator SCHUITMAKER and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled
"Michigan campaign finance act,"
(MCL 169.201 to 169.282) by adding section 48.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 48. (1) An automated telephonic communication to an
2 elector that relates to an election, a candidate, or ballot
3 question shall clearly state the name of the person paying for
4 the communication.
5 (2) If the communication described in subsection (1) relates
6 to a candidate and is an independent expenditure not authorized
7 in writing by that candidate's candidate committee, the
8 communication shall also clearly state the following disclaimer:
9 "Not authorized by any candidate committee". If the communication
10 described in subsection (1) relates to a candidate and is not an
11 independent expenditure, but is paid for by a person other than
1 the candidate to whom it is related, the communication shall also
2 clearly state the following disclaimer:
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"Authorized by ___________________________________________". |
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(name of candidate or name of candidate committee) |
5 (3) A communication described in subsection (1) shall
6 clearly state the name of the person paying for the communication
7 and any disclaimers required under subsection (2) at the
8 beginning of the communication.
9 (4) A person who knowingly violates this section is subject
10 to a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00 for each violation.
