HOUSE BILL No. 4349


     February 18, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Schroer, Gubow, Martinez, Brater, LaForge, Hale, Bogardus, Gagliardi, Hanley, Leland, Cherry, Dobronski, Emerson and Callahan and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled

   "Michigan campaign finance act,"

   by amending section 12 (MCL 169.212), as amended by 1995 PA 264.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 12.  (1) "Qualifying contribution" means a contribution

 2    of money made by a written instrument by an individual to the

 3    candidate committee of a candidate for the office of governor

 4    that is $100.00 or less and made after April 1 of the year pre-

 5    ceding a year in which a governor is to be elected.  Not more

 6    than $100.00 of an individual's total aggregate contribution may

 7    be used as a qualifying contribution in any calendar year.

 8    Qualifying contribution does not include a subscription, loan,

 9    advance, deposit of money, in-kind contribution or expenditure,

10    or anything else of value except as prescribed in this act.

11    Qualifying contribution does not include a contribution by an


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 1    individual who resides outside of this state.  For purposes of

 2    this subsection, an individual is considered to reside in this

 3    state if he or she is considered a resident of this state under

 4    the Michigan election law,  Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of

 5     1954, being sections 168.1 to 168.992 of the Michigan Compiled

 6     Laws  1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992.

 7         (2) "Senate political party caucus committee" means an inde-

 8    pendent committee established by a political party caucus of the

 9    state senate under section 24a.

10         (3) "State elective office" means the office of governor,

11    lieutenant governor, secretary of state, STATE HEALTH

12    COMMISSIONER, attorney general, justice of the supreme court,

13    member of the state board of education, regent of the university

14    of Michigan, member of the board of trustees of Michigan state

15    university, member of the board of governors of Wayne state uni-

16    versity, and member of the state legislature.

17         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

18    effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____

19    (request no. 00825'97) of the 89th Legislature is enacted into

20    law.

















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