state of michigan

102nd Legislature

Regular session of 2024

Introduced by Reps. Martus, Paiz, Tsernoglou, Neeley, Brenda Carter, Young, Conlin, Dievendorf, MacDonell, Byrnes, Hill, Rheingans, Andrews, Morgan, McKinney, Hood, Brabec, Price and Brixie

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5575

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 471 (MCL 168.471), as amended by 2018 PA 608; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 471. Petitions under section 2 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963 proposing an amendment to the constitution must be filed with the secretary of state at least 120 days before the election at which the proposed constitutional amendment would be voted on. A petition to initiate a law under section 9 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 must be filed with the secretary of state at least 160 days before the election at which the proposed law would appear on the ballot if the legislature rejects or fails to enact the proposed law. Referendum petitions under section 9 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 must be filed with the secretary of state not more than 90 days following the final adjournment of the legislative session at which the law subject to the referendum was enacted. When filing a petition described in this section with the secretary of state, the petitioner must state in writing that the petitioner has made a good-faith effort to sort the petitions based on the number of signatures contained on each petition sheet and that the petitioner is submitting at least the minimum number of required petition signatures.

Enacting section 1. Section 472 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.472, is repealed.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 102nd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 5571.

(b) House Bill No. 5573.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor