HOUSE BILL No. 5830

 

March 7, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Wojno and referred to the Committee on House Oversight, Elections, and Ethics.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled

 

"Michigan campaign finance act,"

 

(MCL 169.201 to 169.282) by adding section 55a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 55a. (1) A candidate committee, candidate, or treasurer

 

or agent of a candidate committee shall not accept a contribution

 

from a separate segregated fund established under section 55 if the

 

candidate was or is a person from whom a contribution for the

 

separate segregated fund could have been or may be solicited under

 

section 55.

 

     (2) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of

 

a misdemeanor punishable, if the person is an individual, by

 


imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than

 

$1,000.00, or both, or, if the person is not an individual, by a

 

fine of not more than $10,000.00.