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MI Comp L § 169.205 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.205 - Definitions; D, E.

169.205 Definitions; D, E.Sec. 5.  (1) "Domestic dependent sovereign" means an Indian tribe that has been acknowledged, recognized, restored, or reaffirmed as an Indian tribe by the secretary of the interior pursuant to 25 USC 5101 to 5144, commonly referred to as the Indian reorganization act, or has otherwise been acknowledged by the United States government as an Indian tribe.  (2) "Election" means a primary, general, special, or millage election held in this state or a convention or caucus of a political party held in this state to nominate a candidate. Election includes a recall vote.  (3) "Election cycle" means 1 of the following:  (a) For a general election, the period beginning the day following the last general election in which the office appeared on the ballot and ending on the day of the general election in which the office next appears on the ballot.  (b) For a special election, the period beginning the day a special general election is called or the date the office becomes vacant, whichever is earlier, and ending on the day of the special general election.  (4) "Elective office" means a public office filled by an election. An individual who is appointed to fill a vacancy in a public office that is ordinarily elective holds an elective office. Elective office does not include the office of precinct delegate. Except for the purposes of sections 47, 54, and 55, elective office does not include a school board member in a school district that has a pupil membership of 2,400 or less enrolled on the most recent pupil membership count day. However, elective office includes a school board member in a school district that has a pupil membership of 2,400 or less, if a candidate committee of a candidate for the office of school board member in that school district receives an amount in excess of $1,000.00 or expends an amount in excess of $1,000.00. Elective office does not include a federal office except for the purposes of section 57. History: 1976, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1976 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 95, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1989 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1992 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 264, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 237, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 2019 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 264 of 1995 provides:“If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity does not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if those remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable. To this end, this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”
MI Comp L § 169.207 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.207 - Definitions; F to H.

169.207 Definitions; F to H. Sec. 7.  (1) "Filed" means the receipt by the appropriate filing official of a statement or report required to be filed under this act.  (2) "Filer" means a person required to file a statement or report under this act.  (3) "Filing official" means the official designated under this act to receive required statements and reports.  (4) "Fund raising event" means an event such as a dinner, reception, testimonial, rally, auction, or similar affair through which contributions are solicited or received by purchase of a ticket, payment of an attendance fee, making a donation, or purchase of goods or services.  (5) "Gift" means a payment, subscription, advance, forbearance, rendering, or deposit of money, services, or anything of value, unless consideration of equal or greater value is given in exchange.  (6) "Honorarium" means a payment of money to a person holding elective office as consideration for an appearance, a speech, an article, or any activity related to or associated with the performance of duties as an elected official. An honorarium does not include any of the following:  (a) Reimbursement for the cost of transportation, accommodations, or meals for the person.  (b) Wages, salaries, other employee compensation, and expenses authorized to be paid by this state or a political subdivision of this state to the person holding elective office.  (c) An award. History: 1976, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1976 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 385, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 250, Eff. Mar. 22, 2002
MI Comp L § 169.208 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.208 - Definitions; H, I.

169.208 Definitions; H, I. Sec. 8.  (1) "House political party caucus committee" means an independent committee established by a political party caucus of the state house of representatives under section 24a.  (2) "Immediate family" means any child residing in a candidate's household, the candidate's spouse, or any individual claimed by that candidate or that candidate's spouse as a dependent for federal income tax purposes.  (3) "Independent committee" means a committee, other than a political party committee, that before contributing to a candidate committee of a candidate for elective office under section 52(2) or 69(2) files a statement of organization as an independent committee at least 6 months before an election for which it expects to accept contributions or make expenditures in support of or in opposition to a candidate for nomination to or election to an elective office; and receives contributions from at least 25 persons and makes expenditures not to exceed the limitations of section 52(1) in support of or in opposition to 3 or more candidates for nomination to or election to an elective office in the same calendar year. History: 1976, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1976 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 95, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1989 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 117, Eff. Apr. 1, 1995 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 264, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 590, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 264 of 1995 provides:“If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity does not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if those remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable. To this end, this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”
MI Comp L § 169.210 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.210 - Definitions; M to N.

169.210 Definitions; M to N.Sec. 10.  (1) "Major political party" means a political party qualified to have its name listed on the general election ballot whose candidate for governor received 25% or more of the popular vote cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. If only 1 political party received 25% or more of the popular vote cast for governor in the preceding gubernatorial election, then the political party with the second highest vote is considered a major political party.  (2) "Mass mailing" means mailing by United States mail or facsimile of more than 500 pieces of mail matter of an identical or substantially similar nature within any 30-day period.  (3) "Minor political party" means a political party qualified to have its name listed on the general election ballot but that does not qualify as a major political party.  (4) "Nominee" means an individual nominated to be a candidate. History: 1976, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1976 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2016
MI Comp L § 169.212 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.212 - Definitions; Q to S.

169.212 Definitions; Q to S.Sec. 12.  (1) "Qualifying contribution" means a contribution of money made by a written instrument, credit card, or debit card by an individual to the candidate committee of a candidate for the office of governor that is $100.00 or less and made after April 1 of the year preceding a year in which a governor is to be elected. Not more than $100.00 of an individual's total aggregate contribution may be used as a qualifying contribution in a calendar year. Qualifying contribution does not include a subscription, loan, advance, deposit of money, in-kind contribution or expenditure, or anything else of value except as prescribed in this act. Qualifying contribution does not include a contribution by an individual who resides outside of this state. For purposes of this subsection, an individual is considered to reside in this state if he or she is considered a resident of this state under the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.  (2) "Senate political party caucus committee" means an independent committee established by a political party caucus of the state senate under section 24a.  (3) "State elective office" means a statewide elective office or the office of state legislator.  (4) "Statewide elective office" means the office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, or attorney general, justice of the supreme court, member of the state board of education, regent of the University of Michigan, member of the board of trustees of Michigan State University, or member of the board of governors of Wayne State University. History: 1976, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1976 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 262, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 264, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 250, Eff. Mar. 22, 2002 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 2019 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 264 of 1995 provides:“If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity does not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if those remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable. To this end, this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”
MI Comp L § 169.218 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.218 - Electronic Filing and Internet Disclosure System.

169.218 Electronic filing and internet disclosure system.Sec. 18.  (1) The secretary of state shall develop and implement an electronic filing and internet disclosure system that permits committees that are required to file statements or reports under this act with the secretary of state to file those statements or reports electronically and that provides internet disclosure of electronically filed statements or reports on a website.  (2) The secretary of state shall offer each committee required to file with the secretary of state the option of filing campaign statements or reports electronically, as described in subsection (1).  (3) Beginning with the annual campaign statement due January 31, 2014, each committee required to file with the secretary of state that received or expended $5,000.00 or more in the preceding calendar year or expects to receive or expend $5,000.00 or more in the current calendar year shall electronically file all statements and reports required under this act, as described in subsection (1).  (4) If a committee was not required to file a campaign statement under subsection (3) only because it did not meet the applicable threshold of receiving or expending $5,000.00 or more, but the committee later reaches that threshold, the committee shall notify the secretary of state within 10 business days after reaching that threshold and shall subsequently file electronically all statements and reports required under this act.  (5) The secretary of state shall permit a committee to electronically file statements and reports required under this act, as described in subsection (1), except an original statement of organization, after the committee treasurer and, for a candidate committee, the candidate has signed and filed a form designed by the secretary of state to serve as the signature verifying the accuracy and completeness of each statement or report filed electronically. History: Add. 1999, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 89, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 2006 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2013 Compiler's Notes: Sec. 18, as added by Act 238 of 1999, was originally compiled as Sec. 18[1] to distinguish the section from another Sec. 18 deriving from Act 237 of 1999.Former MCL 169.218, deriving from Act 237 of 1999, and which pertained to electronic disclosure system, was repealed by Act 207 of 2000, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2000.
MI Comp L § 169.218a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.218a - Electronic Filing and Internet Disclosure System; Adoption by County Clerk.

169.218a Electronic filing and internet disclosure system; adoption by county clerk.Sec. 18a.  (1) A county clerk may adopt an electronic filing and internet disclosure system developed or approved by the secretary of state that permits committees that are required to file statements or reports under this act with the county clerk to file those statements or reports electronically and that provides internet disclosure of electronically filed statements or reports on a website. If the secretary of state develops an internet disclosure system, the secretary of state shall not charge a county clerk for the software for that system.  (2) A county clerk who adopts a system under subsection (1) may require each committee that received or expended the threshold amount set by the county clerk as provided in this subsection in the preceding calendar year or expects to receive or expend the threshold amount set by the county clerk in the current calendar year to file campaign statements or reports electronically. A county clerk shall set the threshold under this subsection at $5,000.00 or $1,500.00.   (3) A county clerk who adopts a system under subsection (1) shall permit a committee to electronically file statements and reports required under this act, as described in subsection (1), except an original statement of organization, after the committee treasurer and, for a candidate committee, the candidate has signed and filed a form designed by the secretary of state to serve as the signature verifying the accuracy and completeness of each statement or report filed electronically.  (4) If a committee was not required to file a campaign statement under subsection (2) only because it did not meet the applicable threshold, but the committee later reaches that threshold, the committee shall notify the county clerk within 10 business days after reaching that threshold and shall subsequently file electronically all statements and reports required under this act. History: Add. 2013, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2013
MI Comp L § 169.221a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.221a - Expenditure for Incidental Expense by Candidate Committee; Legal Costs; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty.

169.221a Expenditure for incidental expense by candidate committee; legal costs; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.Sec. 21a.  (1) A candidate committee of a candidate who is elected or appointed to an elective office may make an expenditure for an incidental expense for the elective office to which that candidate was elected or appointed. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, an expenditure for an incidental expense by a candidate committee under this section is an expenditure under this act.  (2) A candidate committee of a candidate who is elected or appointed to an elective office shall not make an expenditure to defend the elected or appointed official in a civil or criminal action or to pay legal costs unless the action or legal costs do any of the following:  (a) Relate to a recall election.  (b) Relate to a recount of votes as provided in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.  (c) Relate to compliance with this act or the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.  (d) Tangibly benefit the nomination or election of a candidate.  (3) Any legal costs not authorized under subsection (2) shall be paid from a legal defense fund as provided in the legal defense fund act, 2008 PA 288, MCL 15.521 to 15.539.  (4) In addition to any other requirements of this act, a campaign statement of a candidate committee shall contain the purpose of any expenditure for legal costs made by that committee as described in subsection (2).  (5) An individual who violates subsection (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. History: Add. 1994, Act 411, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1994 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 275, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013
MI Comp L § 169.222 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.222 - Duties of Committee Treasurer or Other Designated Individual; Preservation and Inspection of Committee Records; Violation; Civil Fine.

169.222 Duties of committee treasurer or other designated individual; preservation and inspection of committee records; violation; civil fine. Sec. 22.  A committee treasurer or other individual designated on the statement of organization as responsible for the committee's record keeping, report preparation, or report filing shall keep detailed accounts, records, bills, and receipts as required to substantiate the information contained in a statement or report filed pursuant to this act or rules promulgated under this act. The treasurer shall record the name and address of a person from whom a contribution is received. The records of a committee shall be preserved for 5 years and shall be made available for inspection as authorized by the secretary of state. A treasurer or other individual designated as responsible for the committee's record keeping, report preparation, or report filing who knowingly violates this section is subject to a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00. History: 1976, Act 388, Eff. June 1, 1977 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 95, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1989 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 237, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000 Admin Rule: R 169.1 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
MI Comp L § 169.223 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.223 - Rules for Withdrawal of Funds; Limitation on Single Expenditure From Petty Cash Fund; Violation; Civil Fine.

169.223 Rules for withdrawal of funds; limitation on single expenditure from petty cash fund; violation; civil fine. Sec. 23.  Subject to section 15, the secretary of state shall promulgate rules for the withdrawal of funds from a committee account for petty cash expenditures and for keeping records of the withdrawals. A single expenditure from a petty cash fund shall not exceed $50.00. A person who violates this section is subject to a civil fine of 3 times the amount by which the expenditure exceeds $50.00, but the fine shall not exceed $1,000.00. History: 1976, Act 388, Eff. June 1, 1977 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 95, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1989
MI Comp L § 169.224a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 169 - Campaign Financing and Advertising|Act 388 of 1976 - Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.201 - 169.282)|Section 169.224a - House Political Party Caucus Committee; Senate Political Party Caucus Committee; Limitation; Dissolution of Independent Committees; Exception.

169.224a House political party caucus committee; senate political party caucus committee; limitation; dissolution of independent committees; exception. Sec. 24a.  (1) A political party caucus of the state house of representatives may maintain 1 house political party caucus committee. A political party caucus of the state house of representatives shall not maintain more than 1 house political party caucus committee. Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, the leader of each political party caucus of the state house of representatives shall establish or designate the independent committee that is the house political party caucus committee under this section. Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, a political party caucus of the state house of representatives shall dissolve all independent committees established by that political party caucus under this act before the effective date of this section, other than the designated house political party caucus committee under this subsection.  (2) A political party caucus of the state senate may maintain 1 senate political party caucus committee. A political party caucus of the state senate shall not maintain more than 1 senate political party caucus committee. Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, the leader of each political party caucus of the state senate shall establish or designate the independent committee that is the senate political party caucus committee under this section. Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, a political party caucus of the state senate shall dissolve all independent committees established by that political party caucus under this act before the effective date of this section, other than the designated senate political party caucus committee under this subsection. History: Add. 1995, Act 264, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 264 of 1995 provides:“If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity does not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if those remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable. To this end, this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”