Bill Text: MI SB0440 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Campaign finance; statements and reports; threshold for candidate committee to file electronically; reduce. Amends sec. 18 of 1976 PA 388 (MCL 169.218).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - Assigned Pa 0258'13 With Immediate Effect [SB0440 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0440-Engrossed.html
SB-0440, As Passed House, December 11, 2013
SENATE BILL No. 440
June 20, 2013, Introduced by Senator ROBERTSON 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 18 (MCL 169.218), as amended by 2006 PA 89.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 18. (1) The secretary of state shall develop and
implement an electronic filing and internet disclosure system that
permits committees that are required to file statements or reports
under this act with the secretary of state to file those statements
or reports electronically and that provides internet disclosure of
electronically filed statements or reports on a website.
(2) The secretary of state shall offer each committee required
to file with the secretary of state the option of filing campaign
statements or reports electronically, as described in subsection
(1).
(3) Beginning with the annual campaign statement due January
31,
2004, 2014, each committee required to file with the secretary
of
state that received or expended $20,000.00 $5,000.00 or more in
the preceding calendar year or expects to receive or expend
$20,000.00
$5,000.00 or more in the current calendar year shall
electronically file all statements and reports required under this
act, as described in subsection (1).
(4) If a committee was not required to file a campaign
statement under subsection (3) only because it did not meet the
applicable
threshold of receiving or expending $20,000.00 $5,000.00
or more, but the committee later reaches that threshold, the
committee shall notify the secretary of state within 10 business
days after reaching that threshold and shall subsequently file
electronically all statements and reports required under this act.
(5) The secretary of state shall permit a committee to
electronically file statements and reports required under this act,
as described in subsection (1), except an original statement of
organization, after the committee treasurer and, for a candidate
committee, the candidate has signed and filed a form designed by
the secretary of state to serve as the signature verifying the
accuracy and completeness of each statement or report filed
electronically.
