February 22, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Corriveau, LeBlanc, Tobocman, Byrum, Clemente, Meadows, Condino, Angerer, Simpson, Brown, Spade, Valentine, Young, Lahti, Lindberg, McDowell, Ebli, Polidori, Byrnes, Kathleen Law, Vagnozzi, Constan, Bieda, Wojno, Gillard, Hopgood, Sak, Hammel, Miller, Espinoza, Mayes, Ward, Pearce, Wenke and Dean and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 472, entitled
"An act to regulate political activity; to regulate lobbyists,
lobbyist agents, and lobbying activities; to require registration
of lobbyists and lobbyist agents; to require the filing of reports;
to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of state; to
prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 6a (MCL 4.416a), as added by 1994 PA 383.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 6a. (1) A former member of the Michigan senate or house
of representatives or a former governor, lieutenant governor,
attorney general, or secretary of state shall not make expenditures
for or receive compensation for lobbying for 1 year immediately
following the end of the term of office to which he or she was
elected.
(2) A person who holds a nonelective position of head of a
principal department of the executive branch of this state shall
not make expenditures for or receive compensation for lobbying for
1 year after leaving that position.
(3) (1) A In addition to the restriction in subsection (1), a
member of the Michigan senate or house of representatives or a
governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, or secretary of
state who resigns from office shall not make expenditures for or
receive compensation or reimbursement for actual expenses for
lobbying for the remainder of the term of office from which the
person resigned.
(4) (2)
A person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by
imprisonment for not more than 90 days or by a fine of not more
than $1,000.00, or both.