Michigan · statute · 388 of 1976, Mich. Comp. Laws · 70 active provisions
(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan campaign finance act". (2) Except as otherwise defined in this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 2 to 12 shall, for the purposes of this act, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(1) "Artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments, and that uses machine and human-based inputs to do all of the following: (a) Perceive real and virtual environments.…
(1) "Candidate" means an individual who meets 1 or more of the following criteria: (a) Files a fee, an affidavit of incumbency, or a nominating petition for an elective office. (b) Is nominated as a candidate for elective office by a political party caucus or convention and whose nomination is certified to the appropri…
(1) "Contribution" means a payment, gift, subscription, assessment, expenditure, contract, payment for services, dues, advance, forbearance, loan, or donation of money or anything of ascertainable monetary value, or a transfer of anything of ascertainable monetary value to a person, made for the purpose of influencing…
(1) "Domestic dependent sovereign" means an Indian tribe that has been acknowledged, recognized, restored, or reaffirmed as an Indian tribe by the secretary of the interior pursuant to 25 USC 5101 to 5144, commonly referred to as the Indian reorganization act, or has otherwise been acknowledged by the United States gov…
(1) "Expenditure" means a payment, donation, loan, or promise of payment of money or anything of ascertainable monetary value for goods, materials, services, or facilities in assistance of, or in opposition to, the nomination or election of a candidate, the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question, or the…
(1) "Filed" means the receipt by the appropriate filing official of a statement or report required to be filed under this act. (2) "Filer" means a person required to file a statement or report under this act. (3) "Filing official" means the official designated under this act to receive required statements and reports.…
(1) "House political party caucus committee" means an independent committee established by a political party caucus of the state house of representatives under section 24a. (2) "Immediate family" means any child residing in a candidate's household, the candidate's spouse, or any individual claimed by that candidate or…
(1) "Incidental expense" means an expenditure that is an ordinary and necessary expense, paid or incurred in carrying out the business of an elective office. Incidental expense includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: (a) A disbursement necessary to assist, serve, or communicate with a constituent. (b) A…
(1) "Major political party" means a political party qualified to have its name listed on the general election ballot whose candidate for governor received 25% or more of the popular vote cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. If only 1 political party received 25% or more of the popular vote cast for governor in…
(1) "Payroll deduction plan" means any system in which an employer, including, but not limited to, a public body, deducts any amount of money from the wages, earnings, or compensation of an employee. (2) "Person" means a business, individual, proprietorship, limited liability company, firm, partnership, joint venture,…
(1) "Qualifying contribution" means a contribution of money made by a written instrument, credit card, or debit card by an individual to the candidate committee of a candidate for the office of governor that is $100.00 or less and made after April 1 of the year preceding a year in which a governor is to be elected. Not…
(1) The secretary of state shall do all of the following: (a) Make available through his or her offices, and furnish to county clerks, appropriate forms, instructions, and manuals required by this act. (b) Develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system for the filing of required reports and statements consistent w…
(1) A filing official shall make a statement or report required to be filed under this act available for public inspection and reproduction, 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. If the report is…
(1) A person paying a late filing fee as a result of that person's failure to file a statement or report shall pay that fee to the filing official with whom the statement or report was required to be filed. (2) The late filing fees collected under sections 24, 33, 34, 35, and 51, and copying charges collected under sec…
(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 electr…
(1) A county clerk may adopt an electronic filing and internet disclosure system developed or approved by the secretary of state that permits committees that are required to file statements or reports under this act with the county clerk to file those statements or reports electronically and that provides internet disc…
(1) An individual is not considered a candidate if the individual has done any of the following: (a) Filed a fee, affidavit of incumbency, or nominating petition for an elective office, if the individual withdraws within the time limit established by law, and if the individual has not received a contribution, made an e…
(1) A candidate, within 10 days after becoming a candidate, shall form a candidate committee. An individual who is a candidate for more than 1 office shall form a candidate committee for each office for which the individual is a candidate, if at least 1 of the offices is a state elective office. A candidate shall not f…
(1) A candidate committee of a candidate who is elected or appointed to an elective office may make an expenditure for an incidental expense for the elective office to which that candidate was elected or appointed. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, an expenditure for an incidental expense by a cand…
A committee treasurer or other individual designated on the statement of organization as responsible for the committee's record keeping, report preparation, or report filing shall keep detailed accounts, records, bills, and receipts as required to substantiate the information contained in a statement or report filed pu…
Subject to section 15, the secretary of state shall promulgate rules for the withdrawal of funds from a committee account for petty cash expenditures and for keeping records of the withdrawals. A single expenditure from a petty cash fund shall not exceed $50.00. A person who violates this section is subject to a civil…
(1) A committee shall file a statement of organization with the filing officials designated in section 36 to receive the committee's campaign statements. A committee shall file a statement of organization within 10 days after the committee is formed. A filing official shall maintain a statement of organization filed by…
(1) A political party caucus of the state house of representatives may maintain 1 house political party caucus committee. A political party caucus of the state house of representatives shall not maintain more than 1 house political party caucus committee. Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section,…
(1) One or more persons may create an independent expenditure committee and shall file a statement of organization under section 24. An independent expenditure committee shall file campaign statements under sections 33 and 35 and as otherwise provided in this act. (2) An independent expenditure committee may receive co…