STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Senators Kuipers, Cropsey, Hammerstrom, Bishop, Brown, Jelinek, McManus, Birkholz, Patterson, Sanborn, Gilbert, Toy, Cassis, Garcia, Stamas, George, Goschka, Johnson and Allen

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 974

AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled "An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act," by amending section 474 (MCL 168.474).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 474. (1) As used in section 9 of article II or section 2 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963, "the state officer authorized by law" or "the person authorized by law" means the state director of elections. The state director of elections shall exercise the duties prescribed in those constitutional provisions.

(2) The state director of elections shall prepare a statement of the purpose of any proposed amendment or question to be designated on the ballots for submission to the electors in not more than 100 words, exclusive of the caption, which shall consist of a true and impartial statement of the purpose of the amendment or question in language that creates no prejudice for or against the proposal.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 973.

(b) Senate Bill No. 975.

(c) Senate Bill No. 976.

(d) House Bill No. 5648.

(e) House Bill No. 5649.

(f) House Bill No. 5650.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor