February 1, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Hammon, Lindberg, Hammel, Johnson, Gonzales, Coulouris, Bauer, Meadows, Constan, Alma Smith, Scott, Warren and Virgil Smith and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
A bill to amend 1968 PA 318, entitled
"An act to implement the provisions of section 10 of article 4 of
the constitution relating to substantial conflicts of interest on
the part of members of the legislature and state officers in
respect to contracts with the state and the political subdivisions
thereof; to provide for penalties for the violation thereof; to
repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act; and to
validate certain contracts,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 15.302).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
2. (1) No A
member of the legislature , herein
referred
to
as a "legislator", nor any and a state officer shall not be
interested
directly or indirectly in any contract with the this
state
or any political subdivision thereof which of this state that
shall cause a substantial conflict of interest.
(2) A legislator shall not vote on a bill that would cause a
substantial conflict of interest. If the legislator has a
substantial conflict of interest, the legislator shall state that
fact on the record.
(3) A legislator shall not chair a meeting of a legislative
committee if the committee deals with 1 or more bills in which the
legislator has a substantial conflict of interest.
(4) As used in this act, "legislator" means a member of the
legislature.