Bill Text: MI SB0283 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Campaign finance; contributions and expenditures; annual signature requirement for political action committees checkoff for payroll deductions; eliminate. Amends sec. 55 of 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.255).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-06-18 - Referred To Second Reading [SB0283 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0283-Engrossed.html
SB-0283, As Passed Senate, May 22, 2013
SENATE BILL No. 283
March 21, 2013, Introduced by Senators MEEKHOF and WARREN and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled
"Michigan campaign finance act,"
by amending section 55 (MCL 169.255), as amended by 2012 PA 277.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 55. (1) A corporation organized on a for profit or
nonprofit basis, a joint stock company, a domestic dependent
sovereign, or a labor organization formed under the laws of this or
another state or foreign country may make an expenditure for the
establishment and administration and solicitation of contributions
to a separate segregated fund to be used for political purposes. A
separate
segregated fund established under this section shall be is
limited to making contributions to, and expenditures on behalf of,
candidate committees, ballot question committees, political party
committees, political committees, independent committees, and other
separate segregated funds.
(2) Contributions for a separate segregated fund established
by a corporation, organized on a for profit basis, or a joint stock
company under this section may be solicited from any of the
following persons or their spouses:
(a) Stockholders of the corporation or company.
(b) Officers and directors of the corporation or company.
(c) Employees of the corporation or company who have policy
making, managerial, professional, supervisory, or administrative
nonclerical responsibilities.
(3) Contributions for a separate segregated fund established
under this section by a corporation organized on a nonprofit basis
may be solicited from any of the following persons or their
spouses:
(a) Members of the corporation who are individuals.
(b) Stockholders of members of the corporation.
(c) Officers or directors of members of the corporation.
(d) Employees of the members of the corporation who have
policy making, managerial, professional, supervisory, or
administrative nonclerical responsibilities.
(e) Employees of the corporation who have policy making,
managerial, professional, supervisory, or administrative
nonclerical responsibilities.
(4) Contributions for a separate segregated fund established
under this section by a labor organization may be solicited from
any of the following persons or their spouses:
(a) Members of the labor organization who are individuals.
(b) Officers or directors of the labor organization.
(c) Employees of the labor organization who have policy
making, managerial, professional, supervisory, or administrative
nonclerical responsibilities.
(5) Contributions for a separate segregated fund established
under this section by a domestic dependent sovereign may be
solicited from an individual who is a member of any domestic
dependent sovereign.
(6) Contributions shall not be obtained for a separate
segregated fund established under this section by use of coercion
or physical force, by making a contribution a condition of
employment or membership, or by using or threatening to use job
discrimination or financial reprisals. A corporation organized on a
for profit or nonprofit basis, a joint stock company, a domestic
dependent sovereign, or a labor organization shall not solicit or
obtain contributions for a separate segregated fund established
under this section from an individual described in subsection (2),
(3), (4), or (5) on an automatic or passive basis including but not
limited to a payroll deduction plan or reverse checkoff method. A
corporation organized on a for profit or nonprofit basis, a joint
stock company, a domestic dependent sovereign, or a labor
organization may solicit or obtain contributions for a separate
segregated fund established under this section from an individual
described in subsection (2), (3), (4), or (5) on an automatic
basis, including but not limited to a payroll deduction plan, only
if the individual who is contributing to the fund affirmatively
consents
to the contribution. at least once in every calendar year.
(7) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of
a felony punishable, if the person is an individual, by a fine of
not more than $5,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 3 years,
or both, or, if the person is not an individual, by a fine of not
more than $10,000.00.
(8) If a corporation, joint stock company, domestic dependent
sovereign, or labor organization that obtains contributions for a
separate segregated fund from individuals described in subsection
(2), (3), (4), or (5) pays to 1 or more of those individuals a
bonus or other remuneration for the purpose of reimbursing those
contributions, then that corporation, joint stock company, domestic
dependent sovereign, or labor organization is subject to a civil
fine equal to 2 times the total contributions obtained from all
individuals for the separate segregated fund during that calendar
year.
