Bill Text: MI SB0560 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: History and arts; historic sites; references to the Michigan history center act in the legal defense fund act; update. Amends sec. 11 of 2008 PA 288 (MCL 15.531). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0564'17
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-28 - Assigned Pa 0183'17 With Immediate Effect [SB0560 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0560-Engrossed.html
SB-0560, As Passed Senate, October 5, 2017
SENATE BILL No. 560
September 13, 2017, Introduced by Senator SCHMIDT and referred to the Committee on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism.
A bill to amend 2008 PA 288, entitled
"Legal defense fund act,"
by amending section 11 (MCL 15.531).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 11. (1) The secretary of state shall make a statement or
report required to be filed under this act available for public
inspection
and reproduction, commencing as soon as practicable, but
not later than the third business day following the day on which it
is received, during regular business hours of the filing official.
The secretary of state shall also make the report or all of the
contents of the report available to the public on the internet,
without charge, as soon as practicable, at a single website
established and maintained by the secretary of state.
(2) A copy of a statement or part of a statement shall be
provided by the secretary of state at a reasonable charge.
(3) A statement open to the public under this act shall not be
used for any commercial purpose.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a
statement of organization filed under this act with the secretary
of state shall be preserved by the secretary of state for 15 years
from the official date of the committee's dissolution. Any other
statement or report filed under this act with the secretary of
state shall be preserved by the secretary of state for 15 years
from the date the filing occurred. Upon a determination that a
violation of this act has occurred, all complaints, orders,
decisions, or other documents related to that violation shall be
preserved by the filing official who is not the secretary of state
or the secretary of state for 15 years from the date of the court
determination
or the date the violations are violation
is
corrected, whichever is later. Statements and reports filed under
this
act may be reproduced pursuant to the records media
reproduction act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to 24.406. After the
required preservation period, the statements and reports, or the
reproductions of the statements and reports, may be disposed of in
the manner prescribed in the management and budget act, 1984 PA
431,
MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594, and 1913 PA 271, MCL 399.1 to
399.10.section 11 of the Michigan history center act,
2016 PA 470,
MCL 399.811.
(5)
A charge filing official shall not be collected by a
filing
official collect a charge for the filing of a required
statement or report or for a form upon which the statement or
report is to be prepared, except a late filing fee required by this
act.
(6) The secretary of state shall determine whether a statement
or report filed under this act complies, on its face, with the
requirements of this act. The secretary of state shall determine
whether a statement or report that is required to be filed under
this act is in fact filed. Within 4 business days after the
deadline for filing a statement or report under this act, the
secretary of state shall give notice to the filer by registered
mail of an error or omission in the statement or report and give
notice to a person the secretary of state has reason to believe is
a person required to and who failed to file a statement or report.
A failure to give notice by the secretary of state under this
subsection is not a defense to a criminal action against the person
required to file.
(7) Within 9 business days after the report or statement is
required to be filed, the filer shall make any corrections in the
statement or report filed with the secretary of state. If the
report or statement was not filed, then the report or statement
shall be late filed within 9 business days after the time it was
required to be filed and shall be subject to late filing fees.
(8) After 9 business days and before 12 business days have
expired after the deadline for filing the statement or report, the
secretary of state shall report errors or omissions that were not
corrected and failures to file to the attorney general.
(9) A statement or report required to be filed under this act
shall
must be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the day in which
it is
required to be filed. A transaction report that is postmarked by
registered or certified mail, or sent by express mail or other
overnight delivery service, at least 2 days before the deadline for
filing is filed within the prescribed time regardless of when it is
actually delivered. Any other statement or report required to be
filed under this act that is postmarked by registered or certified
mail or sent by express mail or other overnight delivery service on
or before the deadline for filing is filed within the prescribed
time regardless of when it is actually delivered.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 564
of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.
