HB-4337, As Passed House, May 14, 2009

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4337

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

"Michigan election law,"

(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 496b.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 496b. (1) A person who preregisters to vote under section

496a shall become a registered elector at 17-1/2 years of age and

become eligible to vote at the first election after he or she

becomes 18 years of age.

     (2) Immediately upon receipt of a preregistration to vote

application, the secretary of state shall transmit the

preregistration to vote application to the appropriate city or

township clerk and shall transmit the electronic data for the

preregistration to the qualified voter file. The preregistration to

vote application shall be held in a separate file and shall not be

moved to the master file until the person who filed the

preregistration to vote application becomes 17-1/2 years of age.

     (3) The qualified voter file shall not include the name of a

person who preregisters to vote on a precinct voter list before the

person becomes 18 years of age.

     (4) If a person who preregisters to vote changes the address

that appears on his or her driver license or personal

identification card, the preregistration to vote address for that

person shall also be changed.

     (5) When a person who preregisters to vote becomes 17-1/2

years of age, the secretary of state shall send a notice through

the qualified voter file to the appropriate city or township clerk

directing the clerk to send a voter identification card to the

person who preregistered to vote.

     (6) The city or township clerk who receives a notice from the

secretary of state pursuant to subsection (5) shall send a voter

identification card to the person who preregistered to vote and

shall add that person to the master file.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless House Bill No. 4261 of the 95th Legislature is enacted into

law.