HOUSE BILL No. 4669

 

May 13, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Ward, Rocca, Julian, Hummel, Stahl, Nofs and Kooiman and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Michigan campaign finance act,"                                            

                                                                                

    by amending section 65 (MCL 169.265), as amended by 1993 PA 262.            

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 65.  (1) A major political party nominee is entitled to                

                                                                                

2   an amount from the state campaign fund of not more than                     

                                                                                

3   $1,125,000.00 for a general election.  A candidate, subject to              

                                                                                

4   law, may raise the remaining amount of the permissible                      

                                                                                

5   expenditure limit in private contributions.  An eligible                    

                                                                                

6   candidate in a general election may elect to accept partial                 

                                                                                

7   payment of money from the state campaign fund and instead raise             

                                                                                

8   private contributions as provided by law that, when added to the            

                                                                                

9   amount received from the state campaign fund, do not exceed the             

                                                                                

10  expenditure limit designated in section 67.                                 

                                                                                

11      (2) A minor political party nominee whose party received 5%                 

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   or more of the vote for the same office in the last election is             

                                                                                

2   entitled to an amount from the state campaign fund of not more              

                                                                                

3   than $1,125,000.00, multiplied by the number of popular votes the           

                                                                                

4   minor party received in the preceding general election for                  

                                                                                

5   governor and then divided by the average number of votes the                

                                                                                

6   major parties received in that general election for governor.               

                                                                                

7       (3) A minor political party nominee not eligible under                      

                                                                                

8   subsection (2) but who receives more than 5% of the vote in that            

                                                                                

9   general election for governor is entitled to reimbursement from             

                                                                                

10  the state campaign fund in an amount of not more than                       

                                                                                

11  $1,125,000.00, multiplied by the number of popular votes the                

                                                                                

12  minor party received in the preceding general election for                  

                                                                                

13  governor and then divided by the average number of votes the                

                                                                                

14  major parties received in that general election for governor.               

                                                                                

15      (4) A minor political party nominee qualified under                         

                                                                                

16  subsection (2) who receives more popular votes in an election               

                                                                                

17  than the candidate of that minor political party received at the            

                                                                                

18  preceding election is entitled to additional reimbursement from             

                                                                                

19  the state campaign fund in an amount determined as follows:                 

                                                                                

20      (a) Compute the amount that the candidate would have received               

                                                                                

21  under subsection (3) had the candidate otherwise qualified.                 

                                                                                

22      (b) Subtract the amount received under subsection (2) from                  

                                                                                

23  the amount computed under subdivision (a).                                  

                                                                                

24      (5) A candidate listed on the ballot in the general election                

                                                                                

25  is entitled to $1.00 for each $1.00 of qualifying contributions             

                                                                                

26  certified to the secretary of state pursuant to this act up to              

                                                                                

27  $750,000.00, if the candidate has certified to the secretary of             


                                                                                

1   state $75,000.00 or more in qualifying contributions.  A                    

                                                                                

2   candidate who chooses to receive any public  funds  money under             

                                                                                

3   this subsection shall not receive any money under subsection (1),           

                                                                                

4   (2), (3), or (4).                                                           

                                                                                

5       (6) A major political party nominee shall receive from the                  

                                                                                

6   state treasurer $56,250.00 of the  funds  money that the                    

                                                                                

7   candidate may be entitled to under this section not later than 10           

                                                                                

8   days after the primary election, unless there is less than a 2%             

                                                                                

9   difference in vote totals of the top 2 primary election                     

                                                                                

10  candidates of the same political party according to unofficial              

                                                                                

11  vote totals available to the secretary of state.  The balance of            

                                                                                

12  any  funds  money owed to a major political party nominee under             

                                                                                

13  this section shall be payable by the state treasurer within 3               

                                                                                

14  days after the board of state canvassers' certification of the              

                                                                                

15  primary election results, but not later than 30 days after the              

                                                                                

16  primary election.  Any  funds  money paid to a major political              

                                                                                

17  party nominee under this section either erroneously or based on             

                                                                                

18  election results that are reversed due to a recount or fraud                

                                                                                

19  shall be repaid by that major political party nominee to the                

                                                                                

20  state treasurer within 60 days of receipt of notification by                

                                                                                

21  certified mail from the state treasurer.                                    

                                                                                

22      (7) A nominee whose candidate committee's expenditures for a                

                                                                                

23  primary election exceeded the limit contained in section 67 is              

                                                                                

24  not eligible to receive money from the state campaign fund for              

                                                                                

25  the general election following the primary election.