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MI HB4745
Bill
Status
5/30/2018
Primary Sponsor
Steven Marino
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AI Summary
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Replaces mandatory language ("shall") with "must" throughout Section 163 of the Michigan Election Law regarding candidate nomination procedures for state senator and representative offices.
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Makes the $100 filing fee nonrefundable, eliminating the previous provision that refunded fees to nominated candidates and those receiving the next highest number of primary votes.
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Removes the temporary filing deadline provisions that expired December 31, 2013, and establishes a permanent filing deadline of 4 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday before the August primary election.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment, contingent upon passage of House Bills 4747, 4748, 4749, 4750, 4809, and 4810 in the 99th Legislature.
Legislative Description
Elections; candidates; candidate filing fee in lieu of nominating petitions for the office of state senator or state representative; increase, and make nonrefundable. Amends sec. 163 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.163). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4746'17, HB 4747'17, HB 4748'17, HB 4749'17, HB 4750'17
Elections: candidates
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Elections And Government Reform
6/5/2018