December 4, 2014, Introduced by Senator ROBERTSON and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 590f (MCL 168.590f), as amended by 2002 PA 163.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 590f. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3),
sections 544c, 545, 547, 552, 553, 555, 556, and 558 are applicable
to a qualifying petition, a person filing a qualifying petition,
and an officer receiving a qualifying petition.
(2) The board of state canvassers shall canvass a qualifying
petition filed with the secretary of state and shall make an
official declaration of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the
qualifying petition at least 60 days before the election. A hearing
under this subsection by the board of state canvassers shall be
held as provided in section 552.
(3) A filing officer who receives a qualifying petition from a
candidate who has met the requirements of this act shall certify to
the proper board or boards of election commissioners the
candidate's name, post office address, and office sought. If the
election for the office is held at the general election, the filing
officer shall make the certification not later than 60 days before
the general election.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.1167.
(b) Senate Bill No.1161.
(c) Senate Bill No.1163.
(d) Senate Bill No.1164.
(e) Senate Bill No.1166.